diff --git a/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md b/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md
index d8949608e1..a41332c0fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<!-- markdownlint-disable MD004 -->
+
 ## 2.0
 
 ### :boom: Breaking Change
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index 63b4484604..550169bf99 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/package.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/package.json
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index a9717b0ef6..d72ca46528 100644
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