diff --git a/src/extractors.test.ts b/src/extractors.test.ts
index a8d0d7d..101b2b1 100644
--- a/src/extractors.test.ts
+++ b/src/extractors.test.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,35 @@ describe("commit message magic word behavior", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("revert branch handling", () => {
+  it("blocks extraction from merge commit with revert branch name", () => {
+    const result = extractLinearIssueIdentifiersForCommit({
+      sha: "abc",
+      branchName: "revert-571-romain/bac-39",
+      message: "Merge pull request #572 from org/revert-571-romain/bac-39",
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("blocks extraction when revert branch has multiple identifiers", () => {
+    const result = extractLinearIssueIdentifiersForCommit({
+      sha: "abc",
+      branchName: "revert-571-romain/drive-320-and-drive-321",
+      message: null,
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("blocks PR number extraction from revert branch", () => {
+    const result = extractPullRequestNumbersForCommit({
+      sha: "abc",
+      branchName: "revert-571-romain/bac-39",
+      message: "Merge pull request #572 from org/revert-571-romain/bac-39",
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("extractPullRequestNumbersForCommit", () => {
   // Messages that should extract PR numbers
   it.each([
diff --git a/src/extractors.ts b/src/extractors.ts
index 66cc8b9..f030f37 100644
--- a/src/extractors.ts
+++ b/src/extractors.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ export function extractLinearIssueIdentifiersForCommit(commit: CommitContext): s
     return [];
   }
 
+  // GitHub auto-generates branch names like "revert-571-romain/bac-39" for revert PRs.
+  // Block extraction to prevent the original issue identifier from being added to the release.
+  if (/(^|\/)revert-\d+-/i.test(commit.branchName ?? "")) {
+    log(`Skipping revert branch ${commit.branchName} for commit ${commit.sha}`);
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const found = new Map<string, string>();
 
   // Branch name: extract all matches (branch names are always intentional)
@@ -172,6 +179,12 @@ export function extractPullRequestNumbersForCommit(commit: CommitContext): numbe
     return [];
   }
 
+  // Skip merge commits of revert PRs — branch name like "revert-571-romain/bac-39"
+  if (/(^|\/)revert-\d+-/i.test(commit.branchName ?? "")) {
+    log(`Skipping revert merge commit ${commit.sha}`);
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const prNumbers: number[] = [];
 
   // GitHub squash: "Title (#123)" - must be at end of title (first line)