diff --git a/dev_scripts/generate-release-notes.py b/dev_scripts/generate-release-notes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15ff528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_scripts/generate-release-notes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+import httpx
+
+REPOSITORY = "https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone/"
+TEMPLATE = "- {title} ([#{number}]({url}))"
+
+
+def parse_version(version: str) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+    """Extract major.minor from version string, ignoring patch"""
+    match = re.match(r"v?(\d+)\.(\d+)", version)
+    if not match:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid version format: {version}")
+    return (int(match.group(1)), int(match.group(2)))
+
+
+async def get_last_minor_release(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, owner: str, repo: str
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Get the latest minor release date (ignoring patches)"""
+    response = await client.get(f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases")
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    releases = response.json()
+
+    if not releases:
+        return None
+
+    # Get the latest minor version by comparing major.minor numbers
+    current_version = parse_version(releases[0]["tag_name"])
+    latest_date = None
+
+    for release in releases:
+        try:
+            version = parse_version(release["tag_name"])
+            if version < current_version:
+                latest_date = release["published_at"]
+                break
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+
+    return latest_date
+
+
+async def get_issue_details(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, owner: str, repo: str, issue_number: int
+) -> Optional[dict]:
+    """Get issue title and number if it exists"""
+    response = await client.get(
+        f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}"
+    )
+    if response.is_success:
+        data = response.json()
+        return {
+            "title": data["title"],
+            "number": data["number"],
+            "url": data["html_url"],
+        }
+    return None
+
+
+def extract_issue_number(pr_body: Optional[str]) -> Optional[int]:
+    """Extract issue number from PR body looking for common formats like 'Fixes #123' or 'Closes #123'"""
+    if not pr_body:
+        return None
+
+    patterns = [
+        r"(?:closes|fixes|resolves)\s*#(\d+)",
+        r"(?:close|fix|resolve)\s*#(\d+)",
+    ]
+
+    for pattern in patterns:
+        match = re.search(pattern, pr_body.lower())
+        if match:
+            return int(match.group(1))
+
+    return None
+
+
+async def verify_commit_in_master(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, owner: str, repo: str, commit_id: str
+) -> bool:
+    """Verify if a commit exists in master"""
+    response = await client.get(
+        f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_id}"
+    )
+    return response.is_success and response.json().get("commit") is not None
+
+
+async def process_issue_events(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, owner: str, repo: str, issue: Dict
+) -> Optional[Dict]:
+    """Process events for a single issue"""
+    events_response = await client.get(f"{issue['url']}/events")
+    if not events_response.is_success:
+        return None
+
+    for event in events_response.json():
+        if event["event"] == "closed" and event.get("commit_id"):
+            if await verify_commit_in_master(client, owner, repo, event["commit_id"]):
+                return {
+                    "title": issue["title"],
+                    "number": issue["number"],
+                    "url": issue["html_url"],
+                }
+    return None
+
+
+async def get_closed_issues(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, owner: str, repo: str, since: str
+) -> List[Dict]:
+    """Get issues closed by commits to master since the given date"""
+    response = await client.get(
+        f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues",
+        params={
+            "state": "closed",
+            "sort": "updated",
+            "direction": "desc",
+            "since": since,
+            "per_page": 100,
+        },
+    )
+    response.raise_for_status()
+
+    tasks = []
+    since_date = datetime.strptime(since, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+    for issue in response.json():
+        if "pull_request" in issue:
+            continue
+
+        closed_at = datetime.strptime(issue["closed_at"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+        if closed_at <= since_date:
+            continue
+
+        tasks.append(process_issue_events(client, owner, repo, issue))
+
+    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+    return [r for r in results if r is not None]
+
+
+async def process_pull_request(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
+    owner: str,
+    repo: str,
+    pr: Dict,
+    closed_issues: List[Dict],
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Process a single pull request"""
+    issue_number = extract_issue_number(pr.get("body"))
+    if issue_number:
+        issue = await get_issue_details(client, owner, repo, issue_number)
+        if issue:
+            if not any(i["number"] == issue["number"] for i in closed_issues):
+                return TEMPLATE.format(**issue)
+            return None
+
+    return TEMPLATE.format(title=pr["title"], number=pr["number"], url=pr["html_url"])
+
+
+async def get_changes_since_last_release(
+    owner: str, repo: str, token: Optional[str] = None
+) -> List[str]:
+    headers = {
+        "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
+    }
+    if token:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"token {token}"
+    else:
+        print(
+            "Warning: No token provided. API rate limiting may occur.", file=sys.stderr
+        )
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(headers=headers, timeout=30.0) as client:
+        # Get the date of last minor release
+        since = await get_last_minor_release(client, owner, repo)
+        if not since:
+            return []
+
+        changes = []
+
+        # Get issues closed by commits to master
+        closed_issues = await get_closed_issues(client, owner, repo, since)
+        changes.extend([TEMPLATE.format(**issue) for issue in closed_issues])
+
+        # Get merged PRs
+        response = await client.get(
+            f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls",
+            params={
+                "state": "closed",
+                "sort": "updated",
+                "direction": "desc",
+                "per_page": 100,
+            },
+        )
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        # Process PRs in parallel
+        pr_tasks = []
+        for pr in response.json():
+            if not pr["merged_at"]:
+                continue
+            if since and pr["merged_at"] <= since:
+                break
+
+            pr_tasks.append(
+                process_pull_request(client, owner, repo, pr, closed_issues)
+            )
+
+        pr_results = await asyncio.gather(*pr_tasks)
+        changes.extend([r for r in pr_results if r is not None])
+
+        return changes
+
+
+async def main_async():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Generate release notes from GitHub")
+    parser.add_argument("--token", "-t", help="GitHub API token")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        url_path = REPOSITORY.rstrip("/").split("github.com/")[1]
+        owner, repo = url_path.split("/")[-2:]
+    except (ValueError, IndexError):
+        print("Error: Invalid GitHub URL", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    try:
+        notes = await get_changes_since_last_release(owner, repo, args.token)
+        print("\n".join(notes))
+    except httpx.HTTPError as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def main():
+    asyncio.run(main_async())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a7bc5b3..1f37ca1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ pytest-subprocess = "^1.5.2"
 [tool.poetry.group.container.dependencies]
 pymupdf = "1.24.11" # Last version to support python 3.8 (needed for Ubuntu Focal support)
 
+[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
+httpx = "^0.27.2"
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 skip_gitignore = true