diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4485bb281bc2c..882a7ee5d2710 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - [Refactor] StreamIO from common to core.common namespace in core lib ([#8157](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8157))
 - [Refactor] Remaining HPPC to java.util collections ([#8730](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8730))
 - Change InternalSignificantTerms to sum shard-level superset counts only in final reduce ([#8735](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8735))
+- Exclude 'benchmarks' from codecov report ([#8805](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8805))
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index b8a7d220fa214..dac8f30956846 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ codecov:
 
 ignore:
   - "test"
+  - "benchmarks"
 
 coverage:
   precision: 2