diff --git a/packages/react-devtools/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react-devtools/CHANGELOG.md
index 09ebd35987033..206fe2cf61f2f 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react-devtools/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 <!-- RELEASE_SCRIPT_TOKEN -->
 
-## 4.24.0 (March 2, 2022)
+### 4.24.0
+March 2, 2022
 
 ### Feature
 * Show DevTools backend and frontend versions in UI ([bvaughn](https://github.com/bvaughn) in [#23399](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/23399))
diff --git a/scripts/devtools/prepare-release.js b/scripts/devtools/prepare-release.js
index 75e9615dc8382..f6c9749010d22 100755
--- a/scripts/devtools/prepare-release.js
+++ b/scripts/devtools/prepare-release.js
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function updateChangelog(nextVersion, commitLog) {
     month: 'long',
     day: 'numeric',
   });
-  const header = `## ${nextVersion} (${dateString})`;
+  const header = `### ${nextVersion}\n${dateString}`;
 
   const newChangelog = `${beginning}${RELEASE_SCRIPT_TOKEN}\n\n${header}\n${commitLog}${end}`;