diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f161fe5eca8c024bfd942a7f581d9b6ebbd0f893..d99450a7594cd18b6bf4f57dc5d3b941c3a1d58a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ create-release:
     - export AVAILABLE_OPENTOFU_VERSIONS
     - 'AVAILABLE_IMAGES=$(cat image*.md | sort | tee images.md | sed -E "s/(\(digest: .*\))/\n  - \1/")'
     - export AVAILABLE_IMAGES
-    - cat .gitlab/release-template.md | envsubst > release-notes.md 
+    - cat .gitlab/release-notes.md.template | envsubst > release-notes.md 
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - images.md
diff --git a/.gitlab/release-template.md b/.gitlab/release-notes.md.template
similarity index 100%
rename from .gitlab/release-template.md
rename to .gitlab/release-notes.md.template