diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f7aa7874..ac8a3d1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,27 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  release:
     runs-on: antville
 
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8
-      TODAY: $(date +'%d %b %Y')
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Create release notes
+        id: create_release_notes
+        run: |
+          release_notes=$(npx git-cliff@latest --latest)
+          # Write the release notes as a heredoc to the workflow output
+          # ⚠️ No white space around `<<` is crucial!
+          echo "release_notes<<.eot0x03" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$release_notes" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo ".eot0x03" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew assembleDist
@@ -29,17 +40,17 @@ jobs:
           direction: upload
           url: https://code.host.antville.org
           token: ${{ github.token }}
-          title: ${{ env.TODAY }}
+          title: Helma ${{ github.ref_name }}
           release-dir: build/distributions
-          release-notes-assistant: true
+          release-notes: ${{ steps.create_release_notes.outputs.release_notes }}
           verbose: true
 
       - name: Create release at GitHub
         run: |
           gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
             --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-            --title "${{ env.TODAY }}" \
-            --generate-notes
+            --title "Helma ${{ github.ref_name }}" \
+            --notes "${{ steps.create_release_notes.outputs.release_notes }}"
 
       - name: Upload release assets to GitHub
         run: |
diff --git a/cliff.toml b/cliff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7832044a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cliff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# git-cliff ~ default configuration file
+# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+#
+# Lines starting with "#" are comments.
+# Configuration options are organized into tables and keys.
+# See documentation for more information on available options.
+
+[changelog]
+trim = true
+
+header = "## Changes"
+
+body = """
+{% for group, commits in commits | filter(attribute="merge_commit") | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+  ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}
+  {% for commit in commits %}
+    * [<tt>{{ commit.id | split(pat="") | slice(end=11) | join() }}</tt>]\
+      (https://code.host.antville.org/antville/helma/commit/{{ commit.id }}) \
+      {% if commit.breaking %}**Breaking:** {% endif %}\
+      {{ commit.message | split(pat="\\n") | first | upper_first }}\
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+**Full Changelog:** [{{ previous.version }} → {{ version }}]\
+(https://code.host.antville.org/antville/helma/compare/\
+{{ previous.version | urlencode }}..{{ version | urlencode }})\n\n
+"""
+
+footer = """
+Generated by [git-cliff](https://git-cliff.org/).
+"""
+
+[git]
+conventional_commits = false
+filter_commits = false
+filter_unconventional = false
+protect_breaking_commits = false
+sort_commits = "newest"
+split_commits = false
+topo_order = false
+
+commit_parsers = [
+  { message = "^Apply \\d+ suggestion", skip = true },
+  { message = "^Merge .*(branch|dependabot|dependency|renovate)", skip = true },
+  { message = "^Lock file maintenance", skip = true },
+  { message = "yarn\\.lock", skip = true },
+
+  { message = "^[Ff]ix", group = "<!-- 0 --> 🐛 Bug Fixes" },
+  { field = "author.name", pattern = "[Rr]enovate|[Dd]ependabot", group = "<!-- 3 --> 📦 Dependency Updates" },
+  { message = "^Merge pull request", group = "<!-- 1 --> 🔀 Merges" },
+  { message = ".*", group = "<!-- 2 --> Uncategorized" },
+]