diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6880793..a7229e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ jobs:
     if: needs.create-release.outputs.release_created == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Publish release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75db5a6..e0785c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ Initial public release of the Codex adapter for devkit.
   Previously `git describe ... | sed ... || echo 0.0.0` ignored `git describe`'s
   failure because the `||` saw `sed`'s success on empty input, leaving
   `LATEST_TAG` empty and producing `version=..1` on the first release.
+- Release `publish` job now checks out the repo so `gh release edit` can
+  resolve the target repository from git context.