diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cb676c7d..ecdc397e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           keys:
             - go-mod-v3-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}
       - run: make release-notes
+      - run: github-release-notes -org weaveworks -repo flagger -since-latest-release -include-author > /tmp/release.txt
       - run: test/goreleaser.sh
 
   e2e-istio-testing:
diff --git a/test/goreleaser.sh b/test/goreleaser.sh
index 3aa37838..c41289ef 100755
--- a/test/goreleaser.sh
+++ b/test/goreleaser.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ download() {
 
 download
 tar -xf "$TAR_FILE" -C "$TMPDIR"
-"${TMPDIR}/goreleaser" --release-notes <(github-release-notes -org weaveworks -repo flagger -since-latest-release -include-author)
+"${TMPDIR}/goreleaser" --release-notes=/tmp/release.txt