diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1138b0c..db16e20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ jobs:
           {
             echo "notes<<${NOTES_DELIM}"
             cat release-notes.md
+            printf '\n'  # Ensure content ends with newline (git-cliff trim=true removes it)
             echo "${NOTES_DELIM}"
           } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/scripts/release/generate-notes b/scripts/release/generate-notes
index bd66cde..fb6d17a 100755
--- a/scripts/release/generate-notes
+++ b/scripts/release/generate-notes
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ EOF
     fi
 
     git-cliff --config "$CLIFF_CONFIG" "${FROM_TAG}..${TO_TAG}"
+    echo ""  # Ensure output ends with newline (cliff.toml trim=true removes trailing newline)
 
     if [ "$CLIFF_CONFIG" = "/tmp/cliff.toml" ]; then
         rm -f /tmp/cliff.toml