diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dbaf85d..88c626b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
 
 # endlabelprefix
 
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends go1.21 go1.21-doc make git-core; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/*
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends go1.21 go1.21-doc make git-core; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 ENV GOLANG_VERSION="%%golang_version%%"
 ENV GOPATH="/go"
 ENV PATH="/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/root/go/bin/:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
diff --git a/golang-oldstable-image.changes b/golang-oldstable-image.changes
index 16f8026..0df5ad6 100644
--- a/golang-oldstable-image.changes
+++ b/golang-oldstable-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 12 12:03:53 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- Don't wipe everything in /var/log, only remove log files (this omits directories owned by packages)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  7 18:41:00 UTC 2024 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>