diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 74f58faa7..8527058a1 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dev/release
 python
 **/docs
 target/
-**/CHANGELOG.md
+CHANGELOG.md
 **/tests
 **/data
 !target/release/ballista-scheduler
diff --git a/ballista/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 100%
rename from ballista/CHANGELOG.md
rename to CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/dev/release/README.md
index b05ba92c1..db19a982a 100644
--- a/dev/release/README.md
+++ b/dev/release/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ Generating changelog content
 This process is not fully automated, so there are some additional manual steps:
 
 - Add the ASF header to the generated file
-- Add a link to this changelog from the top-level `/ballista/CHANGELOG.md`
 - Add the following content (copy from the previous version's changelog and update as appropriate:
 
 ```