diff --git a/scripts/upstreamCommit.sh b/scripts/upstreamCommit.sh
index 0883dfb06..c272a2dba 100755
--- a/scripts/upstreamCommit.sh
+++ b/scripts/upstreamCommit.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # flag: --pufferfish HASH - the commit hash to use for comparing commits between pufferfish (pufferfish-gg/Pufferfish/compare/HASH...HEAD)
 
 function getCommits() {
-    curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/"$1"/compare/"$2"..."$3" | jq -r '.commits[] | "'"$1"'@\(.sha[:7]) \(.commit.message | split("\r\n")[0] | split("\n")[0])"'
+    curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/"$1"/compare/"$2"..."$3" | jq -r '.commits[] | "'"$1"'@\(.sha[:8]) \(.commit.message | split("\r\n")[0] | split("\n")[0])" | sub("\\[ci( |-)skip]"; "[ci/skip]")'
 }
 
 (