diff --git a/tools/make/docs.mk b/tools/make/docs.mk
index 698896f089a..f1ee2844f4b 100644
--- a/tools/make/docs.mk
+++ b/tools/make/docs.mk
@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ docs-markdown-lint:
 
 release-notes-docs: $(tools/release-notes-docs)
 	@$(LOG_TARGET)
-	@for file in $(wildcard release-notes/*.yaml); do \
+	@for file in $(wildcard release-notes/v*.yaml); do \
 		$(tools/release-notes-docs) $$file site/content/en/news/releases/notes; \
 	done