diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index fcdb5d2c3e6..896c964586b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ jobs:
             - '-u all'
           env_polluting_tests:
             - test_set
-          skips: []
+          skips:
+            - test_asyncio
           timeout: 50
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           extra_test_args:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 703b2acb9ef..f3e97f481b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -184,16 +184,31 @@ jobs:
             RELEASE_TYPE_NAME=Pre-Release
             PRERELEASE_ARG=--prerelease
           fi
-          
+
           today=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
+
+          # Generate a concise changelog (last 50 non-merge commits) to stay under the 125k character limit
+          echo "## What's Changed" > /tmp/release_notes.md
+          PREV_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+            git log --oneline --no-merges ${PREV_TAG}..HEAD | head -n 50 >> /tmp/release_notes.md
+          else
+            git log --oneline --no-merges | head -n 50 >> /tmp/release_notes.md
+          fi
+          echo "" >> /tmp/release_notes.md
+          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/compare/${PREV_TAG}...${tag}" >> /tmp/release_notes.md
+          else
+            echo "**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commits/${tag}" >> /tmp/release_notes.md
+          fi
+
           gh release create "$today-$tag-$run" \
-              --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-              --title="RustPython $RELEASE_TYPE_NAME $today-$tag #$run" \
-              --target="$tag" \
-              --notes "⚠️ **Important**: To run RustPython, you must download both the binary for your platform AND the \`rustpython-lib.zip\` archive. Extract the Lib directory from the archive to the same location as the binary, or set the \`RUSTPYTHONPATH\` environment variable to point to the Lib directory." \
-              --generate-notes \
-              $PRERELEASE_ARG \
-              bin/rustpython-release-*
+            --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+            --title="RustPython $RELEASE_TYPE_NAME $today-$tag #$run" \
+            --target="$tag" \
+            --notes-file /tmp/release_notes.md \
+            "$PRERELEASE_ARG" \
+            bin/rustpython-release-*
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}