diff --git a/jobs/sync-stream-metadata.Jenkinsfile b/jobs/sync-stream-metadata.Jenkinsfile
index 948263d65..bd6952eb6 100644
--- a/jobs/sync-stream-metadata.Jenkinsfile
+++ b/jobs/sync-stream-metadata.Jenkinsfile
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ cosaPod(configMaps: ["fedora-messaging-cfg"], secrets: ["fedora-messaging-coreos
                     stream.metadata.update --stream ${stream}
                 """)
             }
+            // Currently, we always re-upload release notes. We don't want to
+            // falsely emit a stream.metadata.update message when only release
+            // notes changed, and also the way change detection works above
+            // doesn't mesh well with freshly regenerated data.
+            shwrap("""
+                python -c 'import sys, yaml, json; json.dump(yaml.safe_load(sys.stdin.read()), sys.stdout)' \
+                    < release-notes/${stream}.yaml > release-notes/${stream}.json
+                aws s3 cp --acl public-read --cache-control 'max-age=60' \
+                    release-notes/${stream}.json s3://fcos-builds/release-notes/${stream}.json
+            """)
         }
     }
 }