diff --git a/administrator/components/com_installer/src/Model/ManageModel.php b/administrator/components/com_installer/src/Model/ManageModel.php
index d6a5932d8ec6c..41f62981ba47d 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_installer/src/Model/ManageModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_installer/src/Model/ManageModel.php
@@ -444,14 +444,12 @@ public function loadChangelog($eid, $source)
             'note'     => [],
         ];
 
-        array_walk(
-            $entries,
-            function (&$value, $name) use ($changelog) {
-                if ($field = $changelog->get($name)) {
-                    $value = $changelog->get($name)->data;
-                }
+        foreach (array_keys($entries) as $name) {
+            $field = $changelog->get($name);
+            if ($field) {
+                $entries[$name] = $changelog->get($name)->data;
             }
-        );
+        }
 
         $layout = new FileLayout('joomla.installer.changelog');
         $output = $layout->render($entries);
diff --git a/libraries/src/Changelog/Changelog.php b/libraries/src/Changelog/Changelog.php
index 268f1b12e5463..93008a661b677 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Changelog/Changelog.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Changelog/Changelog.php
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ public function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs = [])
             $this->$tag->data = '';
         }
 
+        // Skip technical elements
+        if ($name === 'CHANGELOGS' || $name === 'CHANGELOG' || $name === 'ITEM') {
+            return;
+        }
+
         $name = strtolower($name);
 
         if (!isset($this->currentChangelog->$name)) {