diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 66a8b06..dadb6bb 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             mkdir -p ci/jobs/build_plugin
             mv dist/ ci/jobs/build_plugin
+            cp CHANGELOG.md ci/jobs/build_plugin/dist
       - run:
           name: Package and sign plugin
           command: yarn grafana-toolkit plugin:ci-package
@@ -328,10 +329,6 @@ workflows:
           requires:
             - package-plugin
           filters: *filter-only-release
-      - make-release-commit:
-          requires:
-            - get-plugin
-          filters: *filter-only-release
 
   build-docs:
     jobs: