diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 21b44547..fdf0779e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -21,21 +21,6 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }}
 
-  release-notes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - check
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Get release notes
-        id: get-release-notes
-        run: |
-          RELEASE_NOTES=$(./tasks/get-release-notes.sh "${{ needs.check.outputs.version }}")
-          echo $RELEASE_NOTES
-          echo "RELEASE_NOTES=$RELEASE_NOTES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-    outputs:
-      release-notes: ${{ steps.get-release-notes.outputs.RELEASE_NOTES }}
-
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
@@ -109,13 +94,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - check
-      - release-notes
       - publish-npm
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Get release notes
+        id: get-release-notes
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_NOTES=$(./tasks/get-release-notes.sh "${{ needs.check.outputs.version }}")
+          echo $RELEASE_NOTES
+          echo "RELEASE_NOTES=$RELEASE_NOTES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
         env:
           SLACK_TITLE: "`v${{ needs.check.outputs.version }}` of `tna-frontend` has just been published"
           SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
           SLACK_ICON: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nationalarchives/tna-frontend/main/src/nationalarchives/assets/images/apple-touch-icon.png"
           MSG_MINIMAL: true
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: ${{ needs.release-notes.outputs.release-notes }}
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}