diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 922d3a4a5..0cd8aae13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "codecov:upload": "npx codecov -f coverage/*.json",
     "//=> Section: Release": "==============================",
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release",
-    "check:next-release": "npx semantic-release --dry-run",
+    "check:next-release": "npx semantic-release --no-ci --dry-run",
     "//=> Section: Tooling": "==============================",
     "lint-staged": "lint-staged",
     "validate:circleci": "circleci config validate -c .circleci/config.yml",
@@ -101,14 +101,42 @@
   },
   "release": {
     "branch": "master",
+    "plugins": [
+      ["@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+        {
+          "parserOpts": {
+            "noteKeywords": [
+              "BREAKING CHANGE",
+              "BREAKING CHANGES",
+              "BREAKING"
+            ]
+          },
+          "writerOpts": {
+            "commitsSort": [
+              "subject",
+              "scope"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "@semantic-release/git"
+    ],
     "verifyConditions": [
       "condition-circle",
       "@semantic-release/changelog",
       "@semantic-release/npm",
+      "@semantic-release/git",
       "@semantic-release/github"
     ],
     "prepare": [
-      "@semantic-release/changelog"
+      {
+        "path": "@semantic-release/changelog",
+        "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md"
+      },
+      {
+        "path": "@semantic-release/git",
+        "message": "📚 Add ${nextRelease.version} release notes [skip ci]"
+      }
     ],
     "publish": [
       {
@@ -161,8 +189,10 @@
     "@ngrx/store": "^7.1.0",
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "^3.0.2",
     "@semantic-release/exec": "^3.3.2",
+    "@semantic-release/git": "^7.0.8",
     "@semantic-release/github": "^5.2.10",
     "@semantic-release/npm": "^5.1.4",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^7.1.4",
     "@types/jest": "^23.3.13",
     "@types/node": "^10.12.19",
     "all-contributors-cli": "^5.11.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9b958bfca..86f3fdeca 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -669,6 +669,22 @@
     lodash "^4.17.4"
     parse-json "^4.0.0"
 
+"@semantic-release/git@^7.0.8":
+  version "7.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/git/-/git-7.0.8.tgz#b9e1af094a19d4e96974b90a969ad0e6782c8727"
+  integrity sha512-sA+XoPU6GrV+A4YswO0b5JWL1KbzmyyaqUK6Y2poDkIVPlj+oQdi/stpKz/bKF5z9ChMGP87OVPMeUyXGaNFtw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@semantic-release/error" "^2.1.0"
+    aggregate-error "^2.0.0"
+    debug "^4.0.0"
+    dir-glob "^2.0.0"
+    execa "^1.0.0"
+    fs-extra "^7.0.0"
+    globby "^9.0.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.4"
+    micromatch "^3.1.4"
+    p-reduce "^1.0.0"
+
 "@semantic-release/github@^5.1.0":
   version "5.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/github/-/github-5.2.8.tgz#e80e90c82fffd1dd803333de3522ca79a07c090a"
@@ -749,7 +765,7 @@
     read-pkg "^4.0.0"
     registry-auth-token "^3.3.1"
 
-"@semantic-release/release-notes-generator@^7.1.2":
+"@semantic-release/release-notes-generator@^7.1.2", "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator@^7.1.4":
   version "7.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/release-notes-generator/-/release-notes-generator-7.1.4.tgz#8f4f752c5a8385abdaac1256127cef05988bc2ad"
   integrity sha512-pWPouZujddgb6t61t9iA9G3yIfp3TeQ7bPbV1ixYSeP6L7gI1+Du82fY/OHfEwyifpymLUQW0XnIKgKct5IMMw==