diff --git a/.github/cr.yaml b/.github/cr.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01be4c615e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/cr.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Configuration for chart-releaser
+# Enable automatic generation of release notes
+generate-release-notes: true
+
+# Repository configuration
+owner: open-telemetry
+git-repo: opentelemetry-helm-charts
diff --git a/.github/scripts/enhance-release-notes.sh b/.github/scripts/enhance-release-notes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b09f940f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/enhance-release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to enhance release notes with upstream OpenTelemetry project links
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Function to update release notes for a chart
+update_release_notes() {
+    local chart_name="$1"
+    local chart_version="$2"
+    local app_version="$3"
+    local release_tag="${chart_name}-${chart_version}"
+
+    echo "Updating release notes for ${release_tag}"
+
+    # Generate enhanced release notes
+    enhanced_notes=$(.github/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh "$chart_name" "$chart_version" "$app_version" "charts/$chart_name/")
+
+    # Get the current release notes
+    current_notes=$(gh release view "$release_tag" --json body --jq '.body' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+    if [[ -z "$current_notes" ]]; then
+        echo "ERROR: No existing release notes found for ${release_tag}. This indicates a problem with the chart-releaser process."
+        echo "Expected chart-releaser to generate initial release notes, but none were found."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Combine current notes with enhanced notes
+    combined_notes="$current_notes
+
+---
+
+$enhanced_notes"
+
+    # Update the release notes
+    gh release edit "$release_tag" --notes "$combined_notes"
+}
+
+# Main function to enhance release notes for recent releases
+enhance_release_notes() {
+    # Check each chart for recent releases
+    for chart_dir in charts/*/; do
+        if [ -f "${chart_dir}Chart.yaml" ]; then
+            chart_name=$(basename "$chart_dir")
+            chart_version=$(grep '^version:' "${chart_dir}Chart.yaml" | cut -d' ' -f2)
+            app_version=$(grep '^appVersion:' "${chart_dir}Chart.yaml" | cut -d' ' -f2)
+            release_tag="${chart_name}-${chart_version}"
+
+            # Check if this release was just created (within the last 5 minutes)
+            if gh release view "$release_tag" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                release_date=$(gh release view "$release_tag" --json publishedAt --jq '.publishedAt')
+                release_timestamp=$(date -d "$release_date" +%s)
+                current_timestamp=$(date +%s)
+                time_diff=$((current_timestamp - release_timestamp))
+
+                # If release was created within the last 5 minutes (300 seconds), check if appVersion changed
+                if [[ $time_diff -lt 300 ]]; then
+                    # Check if appVersion changed compared to the previous chart version
+                    previous_chart_version=$(git tag -l "${chart_name}-*" --sort=-version:refname | grep -v "^${release_tag}$" | head -1)
+
+                    if [[ -n "$previous_chart_version" ]]; then
+                        # Get the previous appVersion from git
+                        previous_app_version=$(git show "${previous_chart_version}:charts/${chart_name}/Chart.yaml" 2>/dev/null | grep '^appVersion:' | cut -d' ' -f2 || echo "")
+
+                        if [[ "$app_version" != "$previous_app_version" && -n "$previous_app_version" ]]; then
+                            echo "AppVersion changed from ${previous_app_version} to ${app_version} - enhancing release notes"
+                            update_release_notes "$chart_name" "$chart_version" "$app_version"
+                        else
+                            echo "AppVersion unchanged (${app_version}) - skipping release notes enhancement for ${release_tag}"
+                        fi
+                    else
+                        echo "No previous release found - enhancing release notes for initial release ${release_tag}"
+                        update_release_notes "$chart_name" "$chart_version" "$app_version"
+                    fi
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+# Execute main function
+enhance_release_notes
diff --git a/.github/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh b/.github/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..432942c3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to generate release notes with links to upstream OpenTelemetry releases
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Function to get OpenTelemetry Collector release notes URL
+get_otel_collector_release_url() {
+    local version="$1"
+    echo "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/releases/tag/v${version}"
+}
+
+# Function to get OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib release notes URL
+get_otel_collector_contrib_release_url() {
+    local version="$1"
+    echo "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/releases/tag/v${version}"
+}
+
+# Function to get OpenTelemetry Operator release notes URL
+get_otel_operator_release_url() {
+    local version="$1"
+    echo "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/releases/tag/v${version}"
+}
+
+# Function to get OpenTelemetry Demo release notes URL
+get_otel_demo_release_url() {
+    local version="$1"
+    echo "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/releases/tag/v${version}"
+}
+
+# Function to generate release notes for a specific chart
+generate_release_notes() {
+    local chart_name="$1"
+    local chart_version="$2"
+    local app_version="$3"
+    local chart_path="$4"
+
+    echo "# ${chart_name} ${chart_version}"
+    echo ""
+    echo "## What's Changed"
+    echo ""
+    echo "This release updates the ${chart_name} to version ${app_version}."
+    echo ""
+
+    # Add links to release notes
+    echo "## OpenTelemetry Release Notes"
+    echo ""
+    case "$chart_name" in
+        "opentelemetry-collector")
+            echo "- [OpenTelemetry Collector v${app_version}]($(get_otel_collector_release_url "$app_version"))"
+            echo "- [OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib v${app_version}]($(get_otel_collector_contrib_release_url "$app_version"))"
+            ;;
+        "opentelemetry-operator")
+            echo "- [OpenTelemetry Operator v${app_version}]($(get_otel_operator_release_url "$app_version"))"
+            ;;
+        "opentelemetry-demo")
+            echo "- [OpenTelemetry Demo v${app_version}]($(get_otel_demo_release_url "$app_version"))"
+            ;;
+        "opentelemetry-target-allocator")
+            echo "- [OpenTelemetry Operator v${app_version}]($(get_otel_operator_release_url "$app_version")) (Target Allocator is part of the Operator project)"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "See upstream OpenTelemetry project releases for details."
+            ;;
+    esac
+    echo ""
+
+    echo "## Chart Information"
+    echo ""
+    echo "- **Chart Version**: ${chart_version}"
+    echo "- **App Version**: ${app_version}"
+    echo "- **Chart Path**: ${chart_path}"
+}
+
+# Main execution
+if [ $# -ne 4 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <chart_name> <chart_version> <app_version> <chart_path>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+generate_release_notes "$1" "$2" "$3" "$4"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 11f5a87b18..f54b85340a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: helm/chart-releaser-action@cae68fefc6b5f367a0275617c9f83181ba54714f # v1.7.0
         with:
           charts_dir: charts
+          config: .github/cr.yaml
         env:
           CR_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           CR_GENERATE_RELEASE_NOTES: true
@@ -63,3 +64,8 @@ jobs:
             fi
             helm push "${pkg}" "oci://ghcr.io/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
           done
+
+      - name: Enhance release notes with OpenTelemetry links
+        run: .github/scripts/enhance-release-notes.sh
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"