diff --git a/tools/r8_release.py b/tools/r8_release.py
index 867d312..8394c9a 100755
--- a/tools/r8_release.py
+++ b/tools/r8_release.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
       # Don't upload if requested not to, or if changes are not committed due
       # to --use-existing-work-branch
       if not options.no_upload and not options.use_existing_work_branch:
-        process = subprocess.Popen(['repo', 'upload', '.', '--verify'],
+        process = subprocess.Popen(['repo', 'upload', '.', '--verify', '-o' 'banned-words~skip'],
                                    stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
         return process.communicate(input=b'y\n')[0]