diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index da87f8782cd98..25056f4220fc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.ORT_VERSION }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
@@ -41,8 +42,11 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToOSSRHRepository
       - name: Build ORT Distributions
         run: ./gradlew :cli:distZip :helper-cli:distZip
+      - name: Generate Release Notes
+        run: ./gradlew -q printChangeLog > RELEASE_NOTES.md
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          gh release create $ORT_VERSION ./cli/build/distributions/ort-$ORT_VERSION.zip ./helper-cli/build/distributions/orth-$ORT_VERSION.zip
+          gh release create $ORT_VERSION --notes-file RELEASE_NOTES.md \
+              ./cli/build/distributions/ort-$ORT_VERSION.zip ./helper-cli/build/distributions/orth-$ORT_VERSION.zip