diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
index 01b279b90a..8d8627c2e6 100644
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 exclude-labels:
   - 'skip-changelog'
   - 'automated-pull-request'
+  - 'upstream'
 categories:
   - title: '🚀 Features'
     labels: