diff --git a/.github/workflows/monthly_release.yml b/.github/workflows/monthly_release.yml
index 5d0e343e0..383ca5719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/monthly_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/monthly_release.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Monthly Release
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: 15 20 19 * *
+    - cron: 0 0 1 * *
   workflow_dispatch:
     logLevel:
       description: "Log level"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
           semantic-release version
           echo ::set-output name=version::$(semantic-release print-version --current)
-          echo ::set-output name=difflog::"$(semantic-release changelog)"
+          echo semantic-release changelog > './CHANGELOG.md'
       - name: Create release pull request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           title: Bumped version for release ${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.version }}
           body: |
             Bumped version to ${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.version }}
-            ${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.difflog }}
           team-reviewers: amundsen-io/amundsen-committers
           branch: ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
           delete-branch: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
index a90830785..f4c6e5a94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       # triggered when version is bumped
       - "setup.py"
+      - "CHANGELOG.md"
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.vers.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: New features & Bug Fixes
+          release_name: New Features & Bug Fixes
+          body_path: ./CHANGELOG.md
       - name: Add wheel dependency
         run: pip install wheel
       - name: Generate dist