diff --git a/.github/scripts/create-release-pr.sh b/.github/scripts/create-release-pr.sh
index c0523b242b7..85d7cf2f71c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/create-release-pr.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/create-release-pr.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ set -e
 set -u
 set -o pipefail
 
-NEW_VERSION="${1}"
-RELEASE_BRANCH_PREFIX="release/"
+PREVIOUS_VERSION="${1}"
+NEW_VERSION="${2}"
+RELEASE_BRANCH_PREFIX="test-release/"
 
 if [[ -z $NEW_VERSION ]]; then
   echo "Error: No new version specified."
@@ -33,3 +34,11 @@ gh pr create \
   --title "${NEW_VERSION}" \
   --body "${RELEASE_BODY}" \
   --head "${RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME}";
+
+node ./generate-rc-commits.mjs "${PREVIOUS_VERSION}" "${RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME}" 
+
+./changelog-csv.sh  
+
+git commit -am "updated changelog and generated feature test plan"
+
+git push "${RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME}"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml
index b77a04b3688..c0c9a49ed41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml
@@ -52,11 +52,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          ./scripts/create-release-pr.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.semver-version }}
-      - name: Create Changelog
-        id: create-changelog
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          node ./scripts/generate-rc-commits.js v7.24.0 ${{ github.event.inputs.semver-version }} && ./scripts/changelog-csv.sh  
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+          ./scripts/create-release-pr.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.previous-version-tag }} ${{ github.event.inputs.semver-version }}
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