diff --git a/package_alerts/dev.packages.yml b/package_alerts/dev.packages.yml
index 7a14b517365c591e868f4850d812d96c8f098c6c..5daca95130b75cee004f0ef784bd06b00441c75f 100644
--- a/package_alerts/dev.packages.yml
+++ b/package_alerts/dev.packages.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
 # and no notes will be included in the MM message.
 ---
 packages:
-  almalinux-release:
+  almalinux-release: &dangerous_package
     notes: |-
       **MANUAL ACTION REQUIRED**: This is a "dangerous package" and it will need to be [rebuilt by hand](https://linuxops.web.cern.ch/distributions/snapshots/#-release-packages-the-dangerous-rpms). If you don't do it **today**, the daily snapshot will stop tomorrow and you'll have more work to do then.
   redhat-release:
-    notes: |-
-      **MANUAL ACTION REQUIRED**: This is a "dangerous package" and it will need to be [rebuilt by hand](https://linuxops.web.cern.ch/distributions/snapshots/#-release-packages-the-dangerous-rpms). If you don't do it **today**, the daily snapshot will stop tomorrow and you'll have more work to do then.
+    <<: *dangerous_package
   epel-release:
-    notes: |-
-      **MANUAL ACTION REQUIRED**: This is a "dangerous package" and it will need to be [rebuilt by hand](https://linuxops.web.cern.ch/distributions/snapshots/#-release-packages-the-dangerous-rpms). If you don't do it **today**, the daily snapshot will stop tomorrow and you'll have more work to do then.
+    <<: *dangerous_package
   kernel:
   systemd:
   dbus:
diff --git a/package_alerts/prod.packages.yml b/package_alerts/prod.packages.yml
index 1996704de67995e36410c26c564b395ce38426e0..1531d547c2333aa4dbba8400eff7c43cf230f03a 100644
--- a/package_alerts/prod.packages.yml
+++ b/package_alerts/prod.packages.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
 # and no notes will be included in the MM message.
 ---
 packages:
-  almalinux-release:
+  almalinux-release: &dangerous_package
     notes: |-
       **MANUAL ACTION REQUIRED**: This is a "dangerous package" and it will need to be [rebuilt by hand](https://linuxops.web.cern.ch/distributions/snapshots/#-release-packages-the-dangerous-rpms). If you don't do it **today**, the daily snapshot will stop tomorrow and you'll have more work to do then.
   redhat-release:
-    notes: |-
-      **MANUAL ACTION REQUIRED**: This is a "dangerous package" and it will need to be [rebuilt by hand](https://linuxops.web.cern.ch/distributions/snapshots/#-release-packages-the-dangerous-rpms). If you don't do it **today**, the daily snapshot will stop tomorrow and you'll have more work to do then.
+    <<: *dangerous_package
   epel-release:
-    notes: |-
-      **MANUAL ACTION REQUIRED**: This is a "dangerous package" and it will need to be [rebuilt by hand](https://linuxops.web.cern.ch/distributions/snapshots/#-release-packages-the-dangerous-rpms). If you don't do it **today**, the daily snapshot will stop tomorrow and you'll have more work to do then.
+    <<: *dangerous_package
   systemd:
   dbus:
   glibc: