diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 100%
rename from CHANGES.rst
rename to CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 063867c993..1f287bc839 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ set -e
 
 cd `dirname $0`
 
-exec ./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/release.sh -z -c CHANGES.rst "$@"
+exec ./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/release.sh -z "$@"