diff --git a/docs/src/changelog.md b/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/src/changelog.md
rename to CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index 0587d7400..c5cc3ab56 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 build/
 node_modules/
 package-lock.json
-Manifest.toml
\ No newline at end of file
+Manifest.toml
+src/changelog.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/make.jl b/docs/make.jl
index 5922e4ee3..050917f5e 100644
--- a/docs/make.jl
+++ b/docs/make.jl
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ links = InterLinks(
 # include MPSKit in all doctests
 DocMeta.setdocmeta!(MPSKit, :DocTestSetup, :(using MPSKit, TensorKit); recursive = true)
 
+# root CHANGELOG.md is canonical (visible on GitHub); copy it in for rendering
+cp(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "CHANGELOG.md"), joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "changelog.md"); force = true)
+
 makedocs(;
     sitename = "MPSKit.jl",
     format = DocumenterVitepress.MarkdownVitepress(;