diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 5a274cbb2fe494a172735b5c334bf8208d405571..761ea2cde71aba08669ba972123eb39e990c9191 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is step-by-step description on how to release new version of CopyQ.
 
 # Update Version and Changelog
 
-Update CHANGES file.
+Update `CHANGES.md` file.
 
 Bump version.
 
diff --git a/utils/bump_version.sh b/utils/bump_version.sh
index 94aad6053ac1fb2d9f58c3b2588063b1ed2ba84f..265dd40e81d37e8bec0463ff823bb8cd71160cf1 100755
--- a/utils/bump_version.sh
+++ b/utils/bump_version.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ version=$1
 version_file=version.cmake
 appdata_file=shared/com.github.hluk.copyq.appdata.xml
 itemwidget_file=src/item/itemwidget.h
-changes_file=CHANGES
+changes_file=CHANGES.md
 
 check_version_format() {
     if ! grep -q '^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+$' <<< "$version"; then
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ check_version_format() {
 
 check_changes() {
     last_changes_version=$(head -1 "$changes_file")
-    if [[ "$last_changes_version" != "v$version" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$last_changes_version" != "# v$version" ]]; then
         echo "Update $changes_file first"
         exit 1
     fi
diff --git a/utils/create_source_package.sh b/utils/create_source_package.sh
index ed7501d7cb479dd78e06976578198dce1d509a41..9ec43bd616fbb1d17afb55835274976b48c0959d 100755
--- a/utils/create_source_package.sh
+++ b/utils/create_source_package.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ die () {
     exit 1
 }
 
-grep -q '^v'"$version"'$' CHANGES ||
+grep -q '^# v'"$version"'$' "CHANGES.md" ||
     die "CHANGES file doesn't contain changes for given version!"
 
 grep -q '"v'"$version"'"' "$version_header" ||
diff --git a/utils/fedora/copyq.spec b/utils/fedora/copyq.spec
index 3e9216877f42e4caf2cfb9610d43724ecbd48529..6f138819651988637255054873297c17ee489a16 100644
--- a/utils/fedora/copyq.spec
+++ b/utils/fedora/copyq.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/com.github.hluk.%{
 appstream-util validate-relax --nonet $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/metainfo/com.github.hluk.%{name}.appdata.xml
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
-%doc AUTHORS CHANGES HACKING README.md
+%doc AUTHORS CHANGES.md HACKING README.md
 %license LICENSE
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/