diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7b0934d3b..5b8b5a4dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: prepare release summary
       id: prepare_summary
       run: |
-       summary=$(scripts/release-notes.sh)
+       #summary=$(scripts/release-notes.sh)
+       summary=$(cat RELEASENOTES.md)
        summary="${summary//'%'/'%25'}"
        summary="${summary//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
        summary="${summary//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 21e1b409c..887ff6a0a 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
 2a1284c3 (HEAD -> master) sync up mongo version and enable
+d3b3490b formatting
+6d8443e6 simplify command builder
+42559152 support graphite exporter custom mappings
+9235a51b add prom label based dashboard
+8a37abe7 mark previous dashboard as deprecated
+d64c0840 sanitize named scenario aliasing
+b248c866 configurable docker tags for grafana
+98bb5feb support more grafana datasources and dashboards
+3aea85cb use named steps in bundled workloads
+0fd96c9c added astra-specific schema support for Astra or DSE with guardrail enabled
+eb41be7e organize cql op functions