diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d6480b4..31eef18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 # * uploads those artifacts to temporary workflow zip
 # * on success, uploads the artifacts to a GitHub Release
 #
-# Note that the GitHub Release will be created with a generated
-# title/body based on your changelogs.
+# Note that the GitHub Release will be created with the tag as its
+# title and a generated body based on your changelogs.
 
 name: Release
 permissions:
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         env:
           PRERELEASE_FLAG: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_is_prerelease && '--prerelease' || '' }}"
-          ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_title }}"
+          RELEASE_TITLE: "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}"
           ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_github_body }}"
           RELEASE_COMMIT: "${{ github.sha }}"
         run: |
           # Write and read notes from a file to avoid quoting breaking things
           echo "$ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY" > $RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt
 
-          gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
+          gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$RELEASE_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
 
   announce:
     needs:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fd5a4f..0095b9a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ All notable Darc release changes should be summarized here.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Show GitHub Release titles as tags, such as `v0.1.6`, while preserving dated changelog headings.
 - Narrow internal Rust storage APIs so SQLite schema details are no longer exposed outside the storage crate.
 
 ## [0.1.5] - 2026-05-11