diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/_release.yaml
index 5baac1078..8831da846 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/bump-version-release.yaml@1.35.1
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/bump-version-release.yaml@1.49.0
     with:
       release-type: "${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}"
     secrets:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb