diff --git a/.github/update-release-branch.py b/.github/update-release-branch.py
index 749e315b1..1addbaced 100644
--- a/.github/update-release-branch.py
+++ b/.github/update-release-branch.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
+No user facing changes.
+
 """
 
 # The branch being merged from.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml
index 00cd8ffc2..308967eea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           PR_BODY="Updates version and changelog."
 
           # Update the changelog
-          perl -i -pe 's/^/## \[UNRELEASED\]\n\n/ if($.==3)' CHANGELOG.md
+          perl -i -pe 's/^/## \[UNRELEASED\]\n\nNo user facing changes.\n\n/ if($.==3)' CHANGELOG.md
           git add .
           git commit -m "Update changelog and version after $VERSION"
           npm version patch
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ccca8682..2fff6ec74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
+No user facing changes.
+
 ## 1.0.2 - 17 Jun 2021
 
 - Fix out of memory in hash computation. [#550](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/550)