diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_docker_image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_docker_image.yml
index a218fa4..dc537e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_docker_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_docker_image.yml
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout harmony-metadata-annotator repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
-          lfs: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Extract semantic version number
         run: echo "semantic_version=$(cat docker/service_version.txt)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index a54c9a7..cc4ba04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout harmony-metadata-annotator repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          lfs: true
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Build service image
         run: ./bin/build-image
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d3c9d1..1e6d587 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [vX.Y.Z] - Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- Release notes for the Metadata Annotator will now include the commit history
+  for that release.
+
 ## [v1.3.0] - 2025-09-16
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/bin/extract-release-notes.sh b/bin/extract-release-notes.sh
index cbb186f..b6b269a 100755
--- a/bin/extract-release-notes.sh
+++ b/bin/extract-release-notes.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ##################################################################################
 #
-# Extract release notes for the latest version of Harmony CF Annotator service
+# 2025-02-20: Extract release notes for the latest version of Harmony Metadata
+#             Annotator service
+# 2025-09-23: Append git commit messages to release notes.
 #
 ##################################################################################
 
@@ -13,13 +15,34 @@ CHANGELOG_FILE="CHANGELOG.md"
 VERSION_PATTERN="^## [\[]v"
 
 ## captures url links
-## [unreleased]:https://github.com/nasa/harmony-cf-annotator/compare/1.2.0..HEAD
-## [v1.2.0]: https://github.com/nasa/harmony-cf-annotator/compare/1.1.0..1.2.0
-LINK_PATTERN="^\[.*\].*releases/tag/.*"
+## [v1.2.0]: https://github.com/nasa/harmony-metadata-annotator/releases/tags/1.2.0
+LINK_PATTERN="^\[.*\]:.*https://github.com/nasa"
 
 # Read the file and extract text between the first two occurrences of the
 # VERSION_PATTERN
 result=$(awk "/$VERSION_PATTERN/{c++; if(c==2) exit;} c==1" "$CHANGELOG_FILE")
 
+# Get all commit messages since the last release (marked with a git tag). If
+# there are no tags, get the full commit history of the repository.
+if [[ $(git tag) ]]
+then
+	# There are git tags, so get the most recent one
+	GIT_REF=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+else
+	# There are not git tags, so get the initial commit of the repository
+	GIT_REF=$(git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD)
+fi
+
+# Retrieve the title line of all commit messages since $GIT_REF, filtering out
+# those from the pre-commit-ci[bot] author and any containing the string
+# "nasa/pre-commit-ci-update-config", which may result from merge commits.
+GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGES=$(git log --oneline --format="%s" --perl-regexp --author='^(?!pre-commit-ci\[bot\]).*$' --grep="nasa\/pre-commit-ci-update-config" --invert-grep ${GIT_REF}..HEAD)
+
+# Append git commit messages to the release notes:
+if [[ ${GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGES} ]]
+then
+	result+="\n\n## Commits\n\n${GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGES}"
+fi
+
 # Print the result
-echo "$result" |  grep -v "$VERSION_PATTERN" | grep -v "$LINK_PATTERN"
+echo -e "$result" |  grep -v "$VERSION_PATTERN" | grep -v "$LINK_PATTERN"