diff --git a/packages/react-native-nitro-input/package.json b/packages/react-native-nitro-input/package.json
index 8b27be80..e0162d8f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-nitro-input/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-nitro-input/package.json
@@ -140,10 +140,12 @@
     },
     "hooks": {
       "before:init": [
+        "node ../../scripts/release/stamp-changelog.mjs --check",
         "bun run typecheck",
         "bun run test",
         "bun run test:cpp"
-      ]
+      ],
+      "after:bump": "node ../../scripts/release/stamp-changelog.mjs ${version}"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/release/stamp-changelog.mjs b/scripts/release/stamp-changelog.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd4aa649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/stamp-changelog.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Turns the package's `## Unreleased` changelog heading into the version being
+// released, so `bun run release` needs nothing but the version bump.
+//
+// release-it runs it twice (see the package's `release-it.hooks`):
+// - `before:init`, with `--check`: stops the release before anything is
+//   bumped, tagged or published when there is nothing under `## Unreleased`.
+// - `after:bump`, with the new version: renames the heading. The release
+//   commit stages the package directory, so the rename goes out with it, and
+//   `changelog-section.mjs` then finds `## <version>` for the GitHub notes.
+//
+// Run from a package directory:
+//   node ../../scripts/release/stamp-changelog.mjs --check
+//   node ../../scripts/release/stamp-changelog.mjs 1.2.3
+
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+
+const arg = process.argv[2]
+if (!arg) {
+  console.error('usage: stamp-changelog.mjs --check | <version>')
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+const path = resolve(process.cwd(), 'CHANGELOG.md')
+const lines = readFileSync(path, 'utf8').split('\n')
+const unreleased = lines.findIndex((line) => /^##\s+unreleased\b/i.test(line))
+
+if (unreleased === -1) {
+  console.error(`No "## Unreleased" section in ${path}: write down what this release changes first.`)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+const next = lines.findIndex((line, index) => index > unreleased && /^##\s/.test(line))
+const body = lines.slice(unreleased + 1, next === -1 ? undefined : next)
+if (!body.some((line) => line.trim() !== '')) {
+  console.error(`"## Unreleased" in ${path} is empty: write down what this release changes first.`)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+if (arg === '--check') process.exit(0)
+
+lines[unreleased] = `## ${arg.replace(/^v/, '')}`
+writeFileSync(path, lines.join('\n'))
+console.log(`CHANGELOG.md: "## Unreleased" is now "${lines[unreleased]}".`)