diff --git a/.eslintrc.yml b/.eslintrc.yml
index af54bd1..0445ffd 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.yml
+++ b/.eslintrc.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 env:
   node: true
 extends: "eslint-config-eslint"
+parserOptions:
+  ecmaVersion: 2021
 rules:
   no-console: 0  
   require-unicode-regexp: 0
diff --git a/lib/release-ops.js b/lib/release-ops.js
index c843e76..feccfc3 100644
--- a/lib/release-ops.js
+++ b/lib/release-ops.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function parseLogs(logs) {
  * @param {Object[]} logs An array of parsed commit log messages.
  * @returns {Object[]} An array of parsed commit log messages.
  */
-function excludeReverts(logs) {
+function excludeRevertsAndSponsorSyncs(logs) {
     const newLogs = logs.slice();
 
     const revertRegex = /This reverts commit ([0-9a-f]{40})/,
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ function excludeReverts(logs) {
                 newLogs[shaIndexMap[sha]] = null;
                 newLogs[i] = null;
             }
+        } else if (/^Sponsors: Sync/.test(log.title)) {
+            newLogs[i] = null;
         } else {
             shaIndexMap[log.sha] = i;
         }
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ function excludeReverts(logs) {
  */
 function calculateReleaseFromGitLogs(currentVersion, logs, prereleaseId) {
 
-    const excludedLogs = excludeReverts(parseLogs(logs));
+    const excludedLogs = excludeRevertsAndSponsorSyncs(parseLogs(logs));
 
     const changelog = {},
         repository = getPackageInfo().repository;
diff --git a/tests/lib/release-ops.js b/tests/lib/release-ops.js
index 4526726..258ab5f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/release-ops.js
+++ b/tests/lib/release-ops.js
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ describe("ReleaseOps", () => {
             });
         });
 
-        it("should disregard reverted commits", () => {
+        it("should disregard reverted commits and sponsor syncs", () => {
             const logs = [
                     "* 34d6f550b2c87e61a70cb201abd3eadebb370453 Docs: Update something in the docs (githubhandle)",
                     "This is the body.",
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ describe("ReleaseOps", () => {
                     "* 5c5c361cc338d284cac6d170ab7e105e213e1307 Revert \"Breaking: A breaking change (fixes #1234)\" (Committer Name)",
                     "This reverts commit 00a3526f3a6560e4f91d390725b9a70f5d974f89.",
                     "This explains why.",
+                    "* bcdc618488d12184e32a7ba170b443450c3e9e4a Sponsors: Sync README with website (Abc D. Efg)",
+                    "Describe the bug.",
                     "* bcdc618488d12184e32a7ba170b443450c3e9e48 Fix: Fix a bug (fixes #4321) (Abc D. Efg)",
                     "Describe the bug.",
                     "* 7e4ffad5c91e4f8a99a95955ec65c5dbe9ae1758 Revert \"New: Add cool new feature (fixes #42)\" (Tina Tester)",