diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml b/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml
index 37b1bfd6..2f9264de 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml
@@ -138,8 +138,11 @@ jobs:
           PREV_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' \
             | grep -v "^${CURRENT_TAG}$" | head -1 || echo "")
           if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
-            git-cliff --config cliff.toml --tag "$CURRENT_TAG" --strip all > /tmp/release_body.md || true
-            # Generate full CHANGELOG.md from all tags
+            # Range arg limits git-cliff to commits between the two tags only.
+            # Without it, git-cliff walks all history and dumps every release section.
+            git-cliff --config cliff.toml --tag "$CURRENT_TAG" --strip all \
+              "${PREV_TAG}..${CURRENT_TAG}" > /tmp/release_body.md || true
+            # Full CHANGELOG.md still covers all tags (no range — intentional)
             git-cliff --config cliff.toml --output CHANGELOG.md
           else
             echo "No previous tag found, generating from git commits"