diff --git a/__snapshots__/default-changelog-notes.ts.js b/__snapshots__/default-changelog-notes.ts.js
index 1116f347e..5ef1b2778 100644
--- a/__snapshots__/default-changelog-notes.ts.js
+++ b/__snapshots__/default-changelog-notes.ts.js
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ exports['DefaultChangelogNotes buildNotes should handle BREAKING CHANGE notes 1'
 * some bugfix ([sha2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-asset/commit/sha2))
 `
 
+exports['DefaultChangelogNotes buildNotes should ignore "chore: release" commits 1'] = `
+## [1.2.3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-asset/compare/v1.2.2...v1.2.3) (1983-10-10)
+`
+
 exports['DefaultChangelogNotes buildNotes should ignore RELEASE AS notes 1'] = `
 ## [1.2.3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-asset/compare/v1.2.2...v1.2.3) (1983-10-10)
 
diff --git a/test/changelog-notes/default-changelog-notes.ts b/test/changelog-notes/default-changelog-notes.ts
index 60d0d55f7..f53b4a09d 100644
--- a/test/changelog-notes/default-changelog-notes.ts
+++ b/test/changelog-notes/default-changelog-notes.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,28 @@ describe('DefaultChangelogNotes', () => {
       expect(notes).to.is.string;
       safeSnapshot(notes);
     });
+    it('should ignore "chore: release" commits', async () => {
+      const commits = [
+        {
+          sha: 'sha2',
+          message: 'chore: release main',
+          files: ['path1/file1.rb'],
+          type: 'chore',
+          scope: null,
+          bareMessage: 'release main',
+          notes: [],
+          references: [],
+          breaking: false,
+        },
+      ];
+      const changelogNotes = new DefaultChangelogNotes();
+      const notes = await changelogNotes.buildNotes(commits, {
+        ...notesOptions,
+        changelogSections: [{type: 'chore', section: 'Chores', hidden: false}],
+      });
+      expect(notes).to.is.string;
+      safeSnapshot(notes);
+    });
     describe('with commit parsing', () => {
       it('should handle a breaking change', async () => {
         const commits = [buildMockCommit('fix!: some bugfix')];