diff --git a/scripts/mkreleaselog b/scripts/mkreleaselog
index 3f3d91eacb..cc63eb399a 100755
--- a/scripts/mkreleaselog
+++ b/scripts/mkreleaselog
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AUTHORS=(
 
 [[ -n "${REPO_FILTER+x}" ]] || REPO_FILTER="github.com/(${$(printf "|%s" "${AUTHORS[@]}"):1})"
 
-[[ -n "${IGNORED_FILES+x}" ]] || IGNORED_FILES='^\(\.gx\|package\.json\|\.travis\.yml\|go.mod\|go\.sum|\.github|\.circleci\)$'
+[[ -n "${IGNORED_FILES+x}" ]] || IGNORED_FILES='^\(\.gx\|package\.json\|\.travis\.yml\|go.mod\|go\.sum|\.github|\.circleci|\.gen\.go\)$'
 
 NL=$'\n'