diff --git a/external/external-dns/values.yaml b/external/external-dns/values.yaml
index 31b5c61c..ebb83eb0 100644
--- a/external/external-dns/values.yaml
+++ b/external/external-dns/values.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ external-dns:
       secretKeyRef:
         name: cloudflare-api-token
         key: value
+  extraArgs:
+  - --annotation-filter=external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/exclude notin (true)
diff --git a/platform/gitea/values.yaml b/platform/gitea/values.yaml
index 8025e62e..eccbd8af 100644
--- a/platform/gitea/values.yaml
+++ b/platform/gitea/values.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ gitea:
     className: nginx
     annotations:
       cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
+      external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/exclude: 'true'
     hosts:
       - host: git.khuedoan.com
         paths: