diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 282b75f1..cc529fea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ tx_pull:
 changelog:
 	$(eval VERSION=$(shell hatch version))
 	@# Bearer token is readonly
-	@printf $(shell curl -sL -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/umap-project/umap/releases/generate-notes  -d '{"target_commitish":"master","previous_tag_name":"", "tag_name": "${VERSION}"}' | jq .body | sed 's/https:\/\/github.com\/umap-project\/umap\/pull\//#/g')
+	@printf $(shell curl -sL -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/umap-project/umap/releases/generate-notes  -d '{"target_commitish":"master","previous_tag_name":"", "tag_name": "${VERSION}"}' | jq .body | sed 's/https:\/\/github.com\/umap-project\/umap\/pull\//#/g' | sed 's/`/\\`/g')
 
 jsdir = umap/static/umap/js/
 filepath = "${jsdir}*.js"