diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 70a17d1..b27b565 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -410,4 +410,6 @@ cp -pav test/system %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/test/
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/gvproxy
 
 %changelog
-%autochangelog
+#%%autochangelog
+* Thu Feb 17 2022 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@fedoraproject.org>
+- placeholder changelog cause autospec doesn't like macros in git logs