diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a74b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# From https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes#creating-automatically-generated-release-notes-for-a-new-release
+changelog:
+  categories:
+    - title: 🐛 Fixes / 🚀 Enhancements
+      labels:
+        - '*'
+      exclude:
+        labels:
+          - dependencies
+    - title: 👒 Project Dependencies
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
+        - java
+    - title: 👒 CI Dependencies
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
+        - github_actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml
index 0776858..3a0b60b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-release.yml
@@ -105,3 +105,5 @@ jobs:
       env:
         # Use the standard GITHUB_TOKEN or a Custom PAT if pushing to other repos
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Create the GH Release
+      run: gh release create --generate-notes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d616417..a1198c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # shared-github-actions
 Repository to store workflows (and other stuff) that we'll re-use in other PNC repositories
+
+A sample `release.yml` configuration file from the [GitHub documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes#configuring-automatically-generated-release-notes) has been added to `.github/release.yml` - this can be copied to each relevant repository.
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