diff --git a/cmd/validate.go b/cmd/validate.go
index e203d99..1885922 100644
--- a/cmd/validate.go
+++ b/cmd/validate.go
@@ -73,17 +73,19 @@ func validateWithLinter(registry k6registry.Registry) error {
 }
 
 func hasTopic(ext k6registry.Extension) bool {
-	found := false
-
 	for _, topic := range ext.Repo.Topics {
 		if topic == "xk6" {
-			found = true
+			return true
+		}
+	}
 
-			break
+	for _, product := range ext.Products {
+		if product == k6registry.ProductOSS { // for oss, topic is required
+			return false
 		}
 	}
 
-	return found
+	return true // for non oss, topic isn't required
 }
 
 func lintExtension(ext k6registry.Extension) (bool, []string) {
diff --git a/releases/v0.1.32.md b/releases/v0.1.32.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..523e84f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.1.32.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+k6registry `v0.1.32` is here 🎉!
+
+This is an internal maintenance release.
+
+**xk6 topic not required for internal extensions**
+
+The internal linter previously expected the `xk6` topic to be set on the extensions repository. In the case of internal (albeit public) extensions, it would not be a good idea to use the `xk6` topic, because that would cause them to appear in the GitHub topic search.
+
+The internal linter now does not expect the xk6 topic to be set for extensions that do not have `oss` in their `products` property. That is, in the case of extensions that cannot be used in Grafana k6, the use of the `xk6` topic is not required.
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