diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6ba2fbf..0b7763d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -115,8 +115,11 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: get latest version tag and release note
       run: |
-        echo "RELEASE_TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "RELEASE_NOTE='This is a test note.'" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        this_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
+        prev_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags `git rev-list --tags --skip=1  --max-count=1`)
+        commit_messages==$'Commits since previous release: \n\n'$(git log $this_tag..$prev_tag --pretty=format:"* %s")
+        echo "RELEASE_TAG=$this_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "RELEASE_NOTE=$commit_messages" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Create Release
       uses: actions/gitea-release-action@v1
       with: