diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index afa10ee0c390eab84ac80ad24c75867cdad1f573..479d30835fc8d3a306e435f098928db0e4e8f835 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ release_job:
   release:
     # TODO: automated release notes
     name: 'Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: 'Created using the release-cli'
+    description: ./CHANGELOG
     tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
     ref: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'