diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e2a2c29a965..a121b1306b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get Previous Release
         id: previous-release
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: cardinalby/git-get-release-action@v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -409,13 +410,17 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ github.token }}
           result-encoding: string
           script: |
-            const { data } = await github.rest.repos.generateReleaseNotes({
+            const previousTag = '${{ steps.previous-release.outputs.tag_name }}';
+            const params = {
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               tag_name: 'v${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}',
               target_commitish: '${{ github.sha }}',
-              previous_tag_name: '${{ steps.previous-release.outputs.tag_name }}',
-            })
+            };
+            if (previousTag) {
+              params.previous_tag_name = previousTag;
+            }
+            const { data } = await github.rest.repos.generateReleaseNotes(params);
             return data.body
 
       - name: Create Release
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
index 573350c896b..e72628a6ec3 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using DryIoc;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
             {
                 options.DefaultExpirationTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(cacheTtl);
                 options.SizeLimit = cacheSize * 1024 * 1024;
+                options.AddPolicy("NewznabQuery", builder =>
+                    builder.With(context => !IsRssRequest(context.HttpContext.Request)));
             });
 
             services
@@ -293,9 +296,9 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app,
 
             app.UseRouting();
             app.UseCors();
-            app.UseOutputCache();
             app.UseAuthentication();
             app.UseAuthorization();
+            app.UseOutputCache();
             app.UseResponseCompression();
             app.Properties["host.AppName"] = BuildInfo.AppName;
 
@@ -348,5 +351,25 @@ private void EnsureSingleInstance(bool isService, IStartupContext startupContext
                 instancePolicy.PreventStartIfAlreadyRunning();
             }
         }
+
+        private static bool IsRssRequest(HttpRequest request)
+        {
+            var query = request.Query;
+            var requestType = query["t"].ToString();
+
+            if (requestType is not ("search" or "tvsearch" or "movie" or "music" or "book"))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            string[] searchParams =
+            {
+                "q", "imdbid", "tmdbid", "tvdbid", "rid", "tvmazeid", "traktid", "doubanid",
+                "season", "ep", "album", "artist", "label", "track", "year", "genre",
+                "author", "title", "publisher"
+            };
+
+            return searchParams.All(param => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(query[param].ToString()));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Indexers/NewznabController.cs b/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Indexers/NewznabController.cs
index c908c4adb1d..1875a122e5e 100644
--- a/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Indexers/NewznabController.cs
+++ b/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Indexers/NewznabController.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public NewznabController(IndexerFactory indexerFactory,
 
         [HttpGet("/api/v1/indexer/{id:int}/newznab")]
         [HttpGet("{id:int}/api")]
-        [OutputCache]
+        [OutputCache(PolicyName = "NewznabQuery")]
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetNewznabResponse(int id, [FromQuery] NewznabRequest request)
         {
             var requestType = request.t;