diff --git a/templates/.release_notes.md.j2 b/.github/templates/.release_notes.md.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/.release_notes.md.j2
rename to .github/templates/.release_notes.md.j2
diff --git a/templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2 b/.github/templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
rename to .github/templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c44f7d..3de16ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ version_variables = ["mlpyqtgraph/__init__.py:__version__"]
 version_toml = ["pyproject.toml:project.version"]
 
 [tool.semantic_release.changelog]
-template_dir = "templates"
+template_dir = ".github/templates"