diff --git a/common/CI/package_checks.py b/common/CI/package_checks.py
index 697700ecaa2f..408e17afe1f9 100755
--- a/common/CI/package_checks.py
+++ b/common/CI/package_checks.py
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ def commit_message(self, ref: str) -> str:
     def commit_refs(self, base: str, head: str) -> List[str]:
         return self.run_lines('log', '--no-merges', '--pretty=%H', base + '..' + head)
 
+    def commit_summary(self, ref: str) -> str:
+        return self.run('log', '-1', '--format=%s', ref)
+
     def fetch(self, remote: List[str]) -> None:
         self.run('fetch', *remote)
 
diff --git a/common/Scripts/publish_series.py b/common/Scripts/publish_series.py
index a029863b602b..bf0ec6dc6a35 100755
--- a/common/Scripts/publish_series.py
+++ b/common/Scripts/publish_series.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 from urllib import request
 from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def run(self) -> bool:
 
         packages = {commit: self._packages(commit) for commit in commits}
         invalid = {commit: packages for commit, packages in packages.items()
-                   if len(packages) != 1 or any(p is None for p in packages)}
+                   if not self._change_is_valid(commit, packages)}
 
         if len(invalid) > 0:
             print('Found commits with an incorrect number of packages:')
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ def run(self) -> bool:
             if self.render:
                 self._render(commit)
 
+            if self._skip_commit(commit):
+                print(f'Skipping commit: {self.git.commit_summary(commit)}')
+                continue
+
             comment = f'BUILD {i+1}/{len(commits)}'
             if self.title:
                 comment = f'{self.title}\n{comment}'
@@ -147,6 +151,18 @@ def _package_for_file(file: str) -> Optional[str]:
 
         return str(os.path.join(*parts[0:3]))
 
+    def _skip_commit(self, commit: str) -> bool:
+        msg = self.git.commit_summary(commit)
+        return msg.startswith('[NFC]') or \
+            msg.startswith('common:') or \
+            msg.startswith('packages:') or\
+            msg.startswith('repo_data:') or\
+            msg.lower().endswith(': deprecate')
+
+    def _change_is_valid(self, commit: str, packages: List[str]) -> bool:
+        return self._skip_commit(commit) or \
+            len(packages) == 1 and not any(p is None for p in packages)
+
     def _git_push(self) -> None:
         print('Pushing to Git')
         if not self.noop:
@@ -163,7 +179,7 @@ def _push_build(self, build: Build) -> int:
 
         return int(json.loads(output)['id'])
 
-    def _build_exists(self, build: Build) -> [bool, int]:
+    def _build_exists(self, build: Build) -> Tuple[bool, int]:
         try:
             found = next(b for b in Builds().all
                          if b.tag == build.tag and b.status != 'FAILED')