diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 75cfc0b0d..4cf343c83 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+minimumReleaseAgeExclude:
+  - "@vector-im/compound-design-tokens"
+  - "@vector-im/compound-web"
+  - matrix-js-sdk
+  - matrix-widget-api
 allowBuilds:
   "@parcel/watcher": true
   "@sentry/cli": true