diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b5d92bad..960bf291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
             --current-version ${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }} \
             --next-version ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }} \
             --config changelog.toml \
-            --project $PROJECT \
+            --repository ${{ github.repository }} \
             --versioning-scheme semver \
             -o /tmp/changelog.md   || true
           # we would rather have empty release notes than no release