diff --git a/release.toml b/release.toml
index 8d55f8b0dca..9de2b7e4cfc 100644
--- a/release.toml
+++ b/release.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ owners = ["poljar", "github:matrix-org:rust"]
 
 pre-release-commit-message = "chore: Release matrix-sdk version {{version}}"
 pre-release-replacements = []
-pre-release-hook = []
+pre-release-hook = ["cargo", "xtask", "release", "changelog"]
 
 sign-tag = true
 tag-message = "Release {{crate_name}} version {{version}}"