diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 07e573c0..6f364cb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create PR
         run: |
+          LAST_PR=$(gh pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --limit 1 --state merged --search "Release version" --json number | jq -r '.[0].number')
+          ./script/workflows/generate-release-notes.sh $LAST_PR ${{ env.new_version }}
           gh pr create \
             --title "Release version ${{ env.new_version }}" \
-            --body "Release version ${{ env.new_version }}" \
+            --body-file releasenotes.md \
             --base main \
             --head release/${{ env.new_version }}
         env:
diff --git a/release-notes.txt b/release-notes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81b108c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Release 0.25.7
+ - Add working lock file and update script to add it to the npm workspace root \n
+ - Make pre-prepare run off of hooks \n
+ - @muzimuzhi - Upgrade vsce 2.11.0 to @vscode/vsce version 2.19.0 \n
+ - Update workflow file \n
+ - Release version 0.25.6 \n
diff --git a/script/workflows/generate-release-notes.sh b/script/workflows/generate-release-notes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..958168da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/workflows/generate-release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this script is used to generate release notes for a given release
+# first argument is the pull request id for the last release
+# the second is the new release number
+
+# the script then grabs every pull request merged since that pull request
+# and outputs a string of release notes
+
+echo "Generating release notes for $2"
+
+# get the last release pull request id
+LAST_RELEASE_PR=$1
+
+# get the new release number
+NEW_RELEASE=$2
+
+#get when the last release was merged
+LAST_RELEASE_MERGED_AT=$(gh pr view $LAST_RELEASE_PR --repo github/vscode-github-actions --json mergedAt  | jq -r '.mergedAt')
+
+CHANGELIST=$(gh pr list --repo github/vscode-github-actions --base main --state merged --json title --search "merged:>$LAST_RELEASE_MERGED_AT -label:no-release")
+
+# store the release notes in a variable so we can use it later
+
+echo "Release $NEW_RELEASE" >> releasenotes.md
+
+echo $CHANGELIST | jq -r '.[].title' | while read line; do
+  echo " - $line" >> releasenotes.md
+done
+
+echo " "
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