diff --git a/src/lib/sitemap.test.ts b/src/lib/sitemap.test.ts
index dfbad97a..e96716d9 100644
--- a/src/lib/sitemap.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sitemap.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { finalizeSitemap } from './sitemap'
+import { finalizeSitemap, shouldIncludeInSitemap } from './sitemap'
 
 const sitemap = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
@@ -72,3 +72,12 @@ describe('finalizeSitemap', () => {
     ).toHaveLength(1)
   })
 })
+
+describe('shouldIncludeInSitemap', () => {
+  it('keeps concrete routes and excludes dynamic route templates', () => {
+    expect(shouldIncludeInSitemap('/blog/t7-network-upgrade')).toBe(true)
+    expect(shouldIncludeInSitemap('/docs/guide/payments')).toBe(true)
+    expect(shouldIncludeInSitemap('/blog/[slug]')).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldIncludeInSitemap('/examples/[id]/details')).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/sitemap.ts b/src/lib/sitemap.ts
index 1fc53bae..e2de97ff 100644
--- a/src/lib/sitemap.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sitemap.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 const TEMPLATE_URL_PATTERN = /<url>\s*<loc>([^<]*\/\[[^\]]+\][^<]*)<\/loc>[\s\S]*?<\/url>\s*/g
 const LOCATION_PATTERN = /<loc>([^<]+)<\/loc>/g
 
+export function shouldIncludeInSitemap(path: string): boolean {
+  return !/\/\[[^\]]+\](?:\/|$)/.test(path)
+}
+
 export function finalizeSitemap(
   sitemap: string,
   blogPostSlugs: readonly string[],
diff --git a/vocs.config.ts b/vocs.config.ts
index 87851370..08eb34d2 100644
--- a/vocs.config.ts
+++ b/vocs.config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { resolveBaseUrl } from './src/lib/base-url'
 import { docsRouteDestination, proxiedLegacyDocsRoutes } from './src/lib/docs-routing'
 import { createFeedbackAdapter } from './src/lib/feedback-adapter'
 import { plainMarkdownComponents } from './src/lib/markdown-output'
+import { shouldIncludeInSitemap } from './src/lib/sitemap'
 
 // Only set baseUrl in production — Vocs injects a <base> tag from this value,
 // which causes all links to resolve to the absolute URL on preview deployments.
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     },
   },
   sitemap: {
+    include: shouldIncludeInSitemap,
     lastmod: (path, { lastmod }) => {
       const pagePath = typeof path === 'string' ? path : '/'
       if (pagePath === '/docs' || pagePath.startsWith('/docs/')) return false