diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/templating/helpers.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/templating/helpers.py
index 48012f5b551a951b7f2d2039000cf13e6ad56dfb..c9bba091cf88b506a33d3ba4db7e1cf65057c3d2 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/templating/helpers.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/templating/helpers.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def get_nren_interface_data(services, interfaces, excluded_dashboards):
                 aggregate_interfaces[f'{router}:::{if_name}'] = True
                 dashboard['AGGREGATES'].append({
                     'measurement': measurement,
-                    'alias': title,
+                    'alias': title.replace('- {} ', ''),  # remove the format part for aggregate panels
                     'scid': scid
                 })
 
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index cfe7dc088f4825814c0c69c57a6493b0c2dcaae4..e53263caacab2ba3aef37d08fed6bee9d6d6a780 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.61] - 2024-05-27
+- Remove traffic type format string in aggregate panels
+
 ## [0.60] - 2024-04-24
 - POL1-809: hide ipv6 only interfaces from service panel showing interfaces with all traffic
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45fe9d16e568af7a42d32e790eee4923eb3a492a..6ef7bf0c75ce876b9c518d8a922c465e8699c005 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='brian-dashboard-manager',
-    version="0.60",
+    version="0.61",
     author='GEANT',
     author_email='swd@geant.org',
     description='',