diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 6a6cb73..8c8c870 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -387,4 +387,6 @@ 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