diff --git a/content/issues/pinned-announcement.md b/content/issues/pinned-announcement.md
index 2dae328..d9c7fb3 100644
--- a/content/issues/pinned-announcement.md
+++ b/content/issues/pinned-announcement.md
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ date: 2024-11-25T10:04:00Z
 resolved: false
 informational: true
 section: issue
+suppressed: true
 ---
 We regularly run automated maintenance updates on a Monday; these often happen in early morning UTC and often cause short term service disruption or a full outage.
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diff --git a/layouts/issues/small.html b/layouts/issues/small.html
index fccb27a..2d2284b 100644
--- a/layouts/issues/small.html
+++ b/layouts/issues/small.html
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 {{ $isDisrupted := where $active "Params.severity" "=" "disrupted" }}
 {{ $isDown := where $active "Params.severity" "=" "down" }}
 
+{{ if .Params.suppressed }}
+{{ else }}
 <a href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="issue no-underline">
   {{ if .Params.informational }}
 
@@ -107,3 +109,4 @@ <h3>
 
   {{ end }}
 </a>
+{{ end }}