diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-upload.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-upload.yaml
index 6ac81ad7c3..f4a2a4a7a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-upload.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-upload.yaml
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Create Release"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # We need the repo to execute extract-changelog.sh  below
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cardano-cli-linux # Should match (2)
@@ -179,15 +180,28 @@ jobs:
           # TODO generalize
           # tar -czf ${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }}-macos.tar.gz cardano-cli-macos
           # zip ${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }}-win64.zip cardano-cli-win64
+      - name: Create short tag
+        run: |
+          # Transform the long tag (e.g. "cardano-cli-8.22.0.0")
+          # into the short version (e.g. "8.22.0.0")
+          long_tag=${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }}
+          short_tag="${long_tag#cardano-cli-}"
+          echo "SHORT_TAG=$short_tag" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Create changelog
+        run: |
+          echo -e "# Changelog\n" > RELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
+          ./scripts/ci/extract-changelog.sh ${{ env.SHORT_TAG }} >> RELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
       - name: Create Release
         uses: input-output-hk/action-gh-release@v1
         if: ${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.DRY_RUN == 'false' }}
         with:
           draft: true
-          tag_name: ${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }}
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }} # Git tag the release is attached to
+          name: ${{ env.SHORT_TAG }} # Release name in GitHub UI
           # TODO generalize
           # cardano-cli-${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }}-macos.tar.gz
           # cardano-cli-${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }}-win64.zip
           # All entries in 'files' below should match (3)
           files: |
             ${{ needs.wait_for_hydra.outputs.TARGET_TAG }}-linux.tar.gz
+          body_path: RELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/scripts/ci/extract-changelog.sh b/scripts/ci/extract-changelog.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..288af0401c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/extract-changelog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Extracts the changelog of a specific version, by reading cardano-cli/CHANGELOG.md
+#
+# This script expects the version as first argument, for example "8.22.0.0"
+
+set -o pipefail # We want commands with pipes to fail if any command in the stream fails
+
+[[ -n "$1" ]] || { echo "This script expects a release version number as first and unique parameter. Please provide one (for example \"8.22.0\")"; exit 1; }
+
+declare -r CHANGELOG="cardano-cli/CHANGELOG.md"
+
+HEADER_LINE=$(grep -n "^## $1" "$CHANGELOG" | awk -F : '{print $1}')
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2181
+[[ "$?" == "0" ]] || { echo "Release header not found (grep for \"^## $1\" failed)"; exit 1; }
+
+CHANGELOG_START_LINE=$((HEADER_LINE + 2))
+
+# Uncomment to debug
+# echo "Found changelog starting line: $CHANGELOG_START_LINE"
+
+AFTER_CHANGELOG_LINE=$((CHANGELOG_START_LINE + 1))
+NUMBER_OF_LINES=$(tail -n "+$AFTER_CHANGELOG_LINE" $CHANGELOG | grep -n '^##' | head -n 1 | awk -F : '{print $1}')
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2181
+[[ "$?" == "0" ]] || { echo "Next release header not found (grep for \"^## $1\" failed), starting at line $AFTER_CHANGELOG_LINE"; exit 1; }
+
+NUMBER_OF_LINES=$((NUMBER_OF_LINES - 1))
+
+# Uncomment to debug
+# echo "Found number of lines: $NUMBER_OF_LINES"
+
+# Piping tail doesn't play nice with "set -o pipefail" so turning it off
+# See https://superuser.com/questions/554855/how-can-i-fix-a-broken-pipe-error
+set +o pipefail
+
+tail -n "+$CHANGELOG_START_LINE" "$CHANGELOG" | head -n "$NUMBER_OF_LINES"