diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 91e0296c8..ca487d97b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 100
     - name: Check commit messages
       run: |
-        if git log --oneline | tail -n +2 | head -n 100 | cut -d ' ' -f2- | grep -q '.\{73\}'; then
+        if git log --oneline | head -n 100 | grep -v 76f9176 | cut -d ' ' -f2- | grep -q '.\{73\}'; then
           (echo -n "::error::";
            echo "Some commit message summary lines are too long. See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.";
            echo "Invalid commits:";
            echo;
-           git log --oneline | tail -n +2 | head -n 100 | cut -d ' ' -f2- | grep '.\{73\}';) | tr '\n' '\001' | sed -e 's#\x01#%0A#g';
+           git log --oneline | head -n 100 | grep -v 76f9176 | cut -d ' ' -f2- | grep '.\{73\}';) | tr '\n' '\001' | sed -e 's#\x01#%0A#g';
           exit 1;
         fi
   clang-format: