diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1f943c01..1ca51b3ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Special thanks to the following for their contributions to the release:
 - [PR #1580](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1580) - Template update for nf-core/tools v3.3.2
 - [PR #1590](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1590) - Addition of Sentieon STAR
 - [PR #1594](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1594) - Exclude star rsem pca from snaps
+- [PR #1595](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1595) - Exclude unstable star_rsem clusterings from snaps
 
 ### Software dependencies
 
diff --git a/tests/.nftignore b/tests/.nftignore
index bf77cd484..32a368e86 100644
--- a/tests/.nftignore
+++ b/tests/.nftignore
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ umitools/*.umi_extract.log
 {multiqc,multiqc/**}/multiqc_report_data/multiqc_sortmerna.txt
 {multiqc,multiqc/**}/multiqc_report_data/multiqc_sources.txt
 {multiqc,multiqc/**}/multiqc_report_data/multiqc_star.txt
+{multiqc,multiqc/**}/multiqc_report_data/multiqc_star_rsem_deseq2_clustering.txt
 {multiqc,multiqc/**}/multiqc_report_data/multiqc_star_rsem_deseq2_pca.txt
 {multiqc,multiqc/**}/multiqc_report_data/multiqc_star_salmon_deseq2_clustering.txt
 {multiqc,multiqc/**}/multiqc_report_data/multiqc_star_salmon_deseq2_pca.txt
diff --git a/tests/sentieon_star_rsem.nf.test.snap b/tests/sentieon_star_rsem.nf.test.snap
index 2f9028da7..bc975009e 100644
--- a/tests/sentieon_star_rsem.nf.test.snap
+++ b/tests/sentieon_star_rsem.nf.test.snap
@@ -1182,7 +1182,6 @@
                 "multiqc_fastqc_fastqc_trimmed.txt:md5,54743154d0e8858980acffeb5b6f6a97",
                 "multiqc_featurecounts_biotype_plot.txt:md5,16081809f893eca4d9914fd370e7fbd7",
                 "multiqc_samtools_idxstats.txt:md5,1cbc64fc9713831a6f45effc0cfe6a39",
-                "multiqc_star_rsem_deseq2_clustering.txt:md5,31eb7afda40af27a3c8f731bbe19e892",
                 "picard_MarkIlluminaAdapters_histogram.txt:md5,d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
                 "picard_MeanQualityByCycle_histogram.txt:md5,d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
                 "picard_QualityScoreDistribution_histogram.txt:md5,d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
diff --git a/tests/star_rsem.nf.test.snap b/tests/star_rsem.nf.test.snap
index 4cbdd3641..46d130dc4 100644
--- a/tests/star_rsem.nf.test.snap
+++ b/tests/star_rsem.nf.test.snap
@@ -1181,7 +1181,6 @@
                 "multiqc_fastqc_fastqc_trimmed.txt:md5,54743154d0e8858980acffeb5b6f6a97",
                 "multiqc_featurecounts_biotype_plot.txt:md5,16081809f893eca4d9914fd370e7fbd7",
                 "multiqc_samtools_idxstats.txt:md5,1cbc64fc9713831a6f45effc0cfe6a39",
-                "multiqc_star_rsem_deseq2_clustering.txt:md5,31eb7afda40af27a3c8f731bbe19e892",
                 "picard_MarkIlluminaAdapters_histogram.txt:md5,d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
                 "picard_MeanQualityByCycle_histogram.txt:md5,d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
                 "picard_QualityScoreDistribution_histogram.txt:md5,d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",