diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 00f3d16a9..e655784d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -283,11 +283,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare README.md
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          version="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/release/}"
+          # Add changelog badge to README.md
+          sed -i -e "2 a\[!\[Changelog](https:\/\/img\.shields\.io\/badge\/Changelog-${version}-blue)](https:\/\/github\.com\/Testably\/Testably\.Abstractions\/releases\/tag\/${version})" "./README.md"
           for f in "README.md" "Docs/AccessControl.md" "Docs/Compression.md" "Docs/Interface.md" "Docs/Testing.md"
           do
             echo "Processing $f" # always double quote "$f" filename
             # do something on $f
-            version="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/release/}"
             # Remove the codacy badge as it is not aligned to the release
             grep -v "Codacy Badge" "./$f" > "./$f.backup" && mv "./$f.backup" "./$f"
             # Change status badges to display explicit version