diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yml b/.github/workflows/package.yml
index c2fb63d..30ffb32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yml
@@ -496,7 +496,6 @@ jobs:
           gh release create "$tag" "${assets[@]}" \
             --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
             --title "$tag" \
-            --generate-notes \
             --notes "Published distributions and release metadata for $tag. See CHANGELOG.md for the reviewed release notes." \
             || create_status=$?
 
diff --git a/tests/test_package_workflow.py b/tests/test_package_workflow.py
index e564edd..88d0bee 100644
--- a/tests/test_package_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/test_package_workflow.py
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ def test_package_workflow_does_not_replace_published_release_assets() -> None:
     assert "--clobber" not in workflow
 
 
+def test_package_workflow_uses_explicit_release_notes() -> None:
+    workflow = (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / ".github/workflows/package.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "--generate-notes" not in workflow
+    assert (
+        '--notes "Published distributions and release metadata for $tag. See CHANGELOG.md for the reviewed release notes."'
+        in workflow
+    )
+
+
 def test_package_workflow_gates_writes_on_release_provenance() -> None:
     workflow = (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / ".github/workflows/package.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     jobs = yaml.safe_load(workflow)["jobs"]