diff --git a/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml b/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml
index d33c11204..0c8e4802f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/galaxy-release.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
           author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
           signoff: false
+          base: devel
           branch: changelog-patches
           delete-branch: true
           title: '[RELEASE] Update changelog ${{ github.ref }}'