diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index b07f05b6..fae145ed 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-desc "create a new release"
+desc "Create a new release."
 task 'release' do
   current_version = run('git tag').split(/\n/).last.strip[1..-1]
   print "What version do you want to release? (current: #{current_version}): "
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ task 'release' do
     raise("This tag has already been committed to the repo.")
   end
 
+  run "./release.py v#{current_version} HEAD -t #{version_tag} -f CHANGELOG.md"
+
   elixir_mode_contents = File.read('elixir-mode.el')
   File.write('elixir-mode.el', update_version(elixir_mode_contents, current_version, version))
+  git_changes(version, version_tag)
+end
 
+def git_changes(version, version_tag)
   run "git commit -a -m \"prepare #{version}\""
-
   run "git tag -a -m \"Version #{version}\" #{version_tag}"
   run "git push origin"
   run "git push origin --tags"