diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7924cd09931f2537c9e089f3b5749ef042b12035..c8611fe964458fe3775679f7f92b96df8d59e103 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@ release_job:
   release:
     # TODO: automated release notes
     name: 'Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: ./CHANGELOG
+    description: ./CHANGELOG.md
     tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
     ref: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891791fe96927ad78e64b0aad7bded08bdc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..12d5bf921a25768586f2d2b6ff57269855d3a429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+- ...
+
+### Changed
+
+- ...
+
+### Deprecated
+
+- ...
+
+### Removed
+
+- ...
+
+### Fixed
+
+- ...
+
+### Security
+
+- ...
+
+## [1.0-alpha1] - 2023-02-24
+
+Initial release.
+