diff --git a/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js b/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js
index 74d06f57ba..61734f9f67 100644
--- a/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js
+++ b/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js
@@ -32,7 +32,23 @@ async function getDependencyReleaseLine(changesets, dependenciesUpdated) {
   return ['- Updated dependencies', ...updatedDependenciesList].join('\n');
 }
 
+async function getReleaseLine(changeset, type, options) {
+  const { ignoreUserThanks: users = [] } = options ?? {};
+  const ignoredLinks = new Set(
+    users.map(user => `[@${user}](https://github.com/${user})`),
+  );
+  const releaseLine = await defaultChangelogFunctions.getReleaseLine(
+    changeset,
+    type,
+    options,
+  );
+  return releaseLine.replace(/Thanks\s(.*)!\s/g, (_, group) => {
+    const links = group.split(', ').filter(link => !ignoredLinks.has(link));
+    return links.length ? `Thanks ${links.join(', ')}! ` : '';
+  });
+}
+
 module.exports = {
-  getReleaseLine: defaultChangelogFunctions.getReleaseLine,
+  getReleaseLine,
   getDependencyReleaseLine,
 };
diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
index 35d672a425..fe78edc9cf 100644
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@changesets/config@1.3.0/schema.json",
-  "changelog": ["./backstage-changelog.js", { "repo": "backstage/backstage" }],
+  "changelog": [
+    "./backstage-changelog.js",
+    {
+      "repo": "backstage/backstage",
+      "ignoreUserThanks": ["benjdlambert", "freben", "jhaals", "Rugvip"]
+    }
+  ],
   "commit": false,
   "linked": [],
   "access": "public",