diff --git a/.changeset/clean-tigers-stalk.md b/.changeset/clean-tigers-stalk.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d36c4f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-tigers-stalk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@scaleway/changesets-renovate": minor
+---
+
+filter out private packages from being published
diff --git a/packages/changesets-renovate/src/__tests__/generate-changeset.test.ts b/packages/changesets-renovate/src/__tests__/generate-changeset.test.ts
index ef19e1f0e..55bce72c3 100644
--- a/packages/changesets-renovate/src/__tests__/generate-changeset.test.ts
+++ b/packages/changesets-renovate/src/__tests__/generate-changeset.test.ts
@@ -451,4 +451,91 @@ describe('generate changeset file', () => {
     expect(fs.readFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file, 'utf8')
     expect(console.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith('No packages modified, skipping')
   })
+
+  it('should ignore private packages', async () => {
+    const file = 'test/package.json'
+
+    mockSimpleGit.mockReturnValue({
+      ...defaultGitValues,
+      branch: () => ({
+        current: 'renovate/test',
+      }),
+      diffSummary: () => ({
+        files: [
+          {
+            file,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      show: () => `
++ "package": "version"
++ "package2": "version2"
+`,
+    })
+
+    fs.readFile = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(`{}`)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(`{"name":"packageName","version":"1.0.0","private":true}`)
+    fs.writeFile = vi.fn()
+
+    await run()
+
+    expect(fs.readFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file, 'utf8')
+    expect(console.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith('No packages modified, skipping')
+  })
+
+  it('should include only non-private packages in changeset', async () => {
+    const rev = 'test'
+    const fileName = `.changeset/renovate-${rev}.md`
+    const privateFile = 'private/package.json'
+    const publicFile = 'public/package.json'
+    const revparse = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(rev)
+    const add = vi.fn()
+    const commit = vi.fn()
+    const push = vi.fn()
+
+    mockSimpleGit.mockReturnValue({
+      branch: () => ({
+        current: 'renovate/test',
+      }),
+      diffSummary: () => ({
+        files: [
+          {
+            file: privateFile,
+          },
+          {
+            file: publicFile,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      show: () => `
++ "package": "version"
++ "package2": "version2"
+`,
+      revparse,
+      add,
+      commit,
+      push,
+    })
+
+    fs.readFile = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(`{}`)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(`{"name":"privatePackage","version":"1.0.0","private":true}`)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(`{"name":"publicPackage","version":"1.0.0"}`)
+    fs.writeFile = vi.fn()
+
+    await run()
+
+    expect(fs.readFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(privateFile, 'utf8')
+    expect(fs.readFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(publicFile, 'utf8')
+    expect(fs.writeFile).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // Only the public package should be included in the changeset
+    expect(fs.writeFile.mock.calls[0][1]).toContain("'publicPackage': patch")
+    expect(fs.writeFile.mock.calls[0][1]).not.toContain("'privatePackage': patch")
+    expect(add).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fileName)
+    expect(commit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`chore: add changeset renovate-${rev}`)
+    expect(push).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/changesets-renovate/src/index.ts b/packages/changesets-renovate/src/index.ts
index 98eaa670e..570523928 100644
--- a/packages/changesets-renovate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/changesets-renovate/src/index.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ async function getPackagesNames(files: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
       name: string
       workspaces?: string[]
       version?: string
+      private?: boolean
+    }
+
+    if (data.private) {
+      return
     }
 
     if (shouldIgnorePackage(data.name, ignoredPackages)) {
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ async function getPackagesNames(files: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
   return packages
 }
 
+
 async function createChangeset(
   fileName: string,
   packageBumps: Map<string, string>,