diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/ci-demo/image-automation.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/ci-demo/image-automation.yaml
index be65225..dd3e85e 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/ci-demo/image-automation.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/ci-demo/image-automation.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       author:
         email: ops@bstein.dev
         name: flux-bot
-      messageTemplate: "chore(ci-demo): update image to {{range .Changed.Images}}{{.}}{{end}}"
+      messageTemplate: "chore(ci-demo): apply image updates"
     push:
       branch: feature/ci-gitops
   update:
diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/harbor/image-automation.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/harbor/image-automation.yaml
index 818d6f3..c1e867b 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/harbor/image-automation.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/harbor/image-automation.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       author:
         email: ops@bstein.dev
         name: flux-bot
-      messageTemplate: "chore(harbor): update images to {{range .Changed.Images}}{{.}}{{end}}"
+      messageTemplate: "chore(harbor): apply image updates"
     push:
       branch: feature/ci-gitops
   update:
diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/pegasus/image-automation.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/pegasus/image-automation.yaml
index df898b7..ec0494e 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/pegasus/image-automation.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/pegasus/image-automation.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       author:
         email: ops@bstein.dev
         name: flux-bot
-      messageTemplate: "chore(pegasus): update image to {{range .Changed.Images}}{{.}}{{end}}"
+      messageTemplate: "chore(pegasus): apply image updates"
     push:
       branch: feature/ci-gitops
   update: