diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6b00bcfd6..d17d15c64b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@
 
 - Add explicit favicon metadata
 
-- Restore Nightward-style homepage flow (#9)
+- Restore Nightward-style homepage flow
 
 - Use Gittensor screenshot in homepage hero
 
+- Strip squash PR suffixes
+
 
 
diff --git a/cliff.mcp.toml b/cliff.mcp.toml
index 36d33a01a5..f9181e8b91 100644
--- a/cliff.mcp.toml
+++ b/cliff.mcp.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ split_commits = false
 tag_pattern = "^mcp-v[0-9].*"
 sort_commits = "oldest"
 
+commit_preprocessors = [
+  { pattern = " \\(#[0-9]+\\)$", replace = "" },
+]
+
 commit_parsers = [
   { message = "^feat", group = "Features" },
   { message = "^fix", group = "Fixes" },
diff --git a/cliff.toml b/cliff.toml
index 15ad6d8453..0cb8669a60 100644
--- a/cliff.toml
+++ b/cliff.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ split_commits = false
 tag_pattern = "^v[0-9].*"
 sort_commits = "oldest"
 
+commit_preprocessors = [
+  { pattern = " \\(#[0-9]+\\)$", replace = "" },
+]
+
 commit_parsers = [
   { message = "^feat", group = "Features" },
   { message = "^fix", group = "Fixes" },