diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 78cb807..0c44f7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ include = ["mlpyqtgraph", "mlpyqtgraph.*"]
 [tool.semantic_release]
 version_variables = ["mlpyqtgraph/__init__.py:__version__"]
 version_toml = ["pyproject.toml:project.version"]
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog]
+template_dir = "templates"
diff --git a/templates/.release_notes.md.j2 b/templates/.release_notes.md.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84f9ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/.release_notes.md.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{#
+
+## vX.X.X (YYYY-MMM-DD)
+
+#}{{
+
+      "## %s (%s)\n" | format(
+        release.version.as_semver_tag(),
+        release.tagged_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+      )
+
+}}{%  set commit_objects = release["elements"] | dictsort
+%}{#
+#}{%  for type_, commits in commit_objects
+%}{{
+        "\n### %s\n" | format(type_ | title)
+
+}}{%    for commit in commits
+%}{{
+          "\n* %s by %s ([`%s`](%s))\n" | format(
+              commit.descriptions[0].rstrip(),
+              commit.author.name,
+              commit.short_hash,
+              commit.hexsha | commit_hash_url,
+          )
+
+}}{%    endfor
+%}{%  endfor
+%}
diff --git a/templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2 b/templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..615c805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/CHANGELOG.md.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# CHANGELOG
+
+{%    for version, release in ctx.history.released.items()
+%}{{
+        "## %s (%s)" | format(version.as_tag(), release.tagged_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
+
+}}{%    for type_, commits in release["elements"] if type_ != "unknown" | dictsort
+%}{{
+          "### %s" | format(type_ | title)
+
+}}{%      for commit in commits
+%}{{
+          "\n* %s by %s ([`%s`](%s))\n" | format(
+              commit.descriptions[0].rstrip(),
+              commit.author.name,
+              commit.short_hash,
+              commit.hexsha | commit_hash_url,
+          )
+
+}}{%      endfor
+%}{%    endfor
+%}{%  endfor
+%}