diff --git a/.github/scripts/spacecheck.pl b/.github/scripts/spacecheck.pl
index f06766570c..28d4030ed7 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/spacecheck.pl
+++ b/.github/scripts/spacecheck.pl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ my @need_crlf = (
 );
 
 my @double_empty_lines = (
+    "RELEASE-NOTES",
     "^lib/.+\\.(c|h)\$",
     "^packages/",
     "^tests/data/test",