diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4369585f..15f764d0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ repos:
         require_serial: true
         language: unsupported
         pass_filenames: false
+
+      - id: add-release-date
+        language: unsupported
+        name: add date to latest release header
+        entry: uv run python scripts/add_latest_release_date.py
+        files: ^release-notes\.md$
+        pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 93bfe376..738b7f6b 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 * ⬆ Bump typer from 0.23.1 to 0.24.0. PR [#312](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/312) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ⬆ Bump uvicorn from 0.40.0 to 0.41.0. PR [#311](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/311) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.23
+## 0.0.23 (2026-02-16)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 * 🎨 Update format and types for Python 3.10. PR [#310](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/310) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 
-## 0.0.22
+## 0.0.22 (2026-02-16)
 
 ### Internal
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 * ⬆ Bump rich-toolkit from 0.19.2 to 0.19.3. PR [#303](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/303) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ➕ Replace test dependency on `fastapi-slim` with `fastapi`. PR [#301](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/301) by [@musicinmybrain](https://github.com/musicinmybrain).
 
-## 0.0.21
+## 0.0.21 (2026-02-11)
 
 ### Internal
 
@@ -108,19 +108,19 @@
 * ⬆ Bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7. PR [#260](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/260) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * 👷 Add pre-commit workflow. PR [#266](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/266) by [@YuriiMotov](https://github.com/YuriiMotov).
 
-## 0.0.20
+## 0.0.20 (2025-12-22)
 
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add --reload-dir option to dev command. PR [#267](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/267) by [@patrick91](https://github.com/patrick91).
 
-## 0.0.19
+## 0.0.19 (2025-12-22)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 * 🔧 Drop support for Python 3.8. PR [#269](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/269) by [@patrick91](https://github.com/patrick91).
 
-## 0.0.18
+## 0.0.18 (2025-12-22)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 
 * 🐛 Fix log alignment when pressing Ctrl+C to stop server. PR [#253](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/253) by [@savannahostrowski](https://github.com/savannahostrowski).
 
-## 0.0.17
+## 0.0.17 (2025-12-22)
 
 ### Upgrades
 
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@
 * ⬆ Bump ruff from 0.14.2 to 0.14.4. PR [#239](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/239) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ⬆ [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate. PR [#238](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/238) by [@pre-commit-ci[bot]](https://github.com/apps/pre-commit-ci).
 
-## 0.0.16
+## 0.0.16 (2025-11-10)
 
 ### Fixes
 
 * 🐛 Fix support for Pydantic v1. PR [#240](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/240) by [@patrick91](https://github.com/patrick91).
 
-## 0.0.15
+## 0.0.15 (2025-11-10)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ entrypoint = "some.importable_module:app_name"
 * 🔧 Configure reminder for `waiting` label in `issue-manager`. PR [#227](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/227) by [@YuriiMotov](https://github.com/YuriiMotov).
 * ⬆ [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate. PR [#215](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/215) by [@pre-commit-ci[bot]](https://github.com/apps/pre-commit-ci).
 
-## 0.0.14
+## 0.0.14 (2025-10-20)
 
 ### Upgrades
 
@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ entrypoint = "some.importable_module:app_name"
 
 * ⬆ Bump tiangolo/issue-manager from 0.5.1 to 0.6.0. PR [#220](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/220) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.13
+## 0.0.13 (2025-09-20)
 
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Allow to use `-h` for help. PR [#191](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/191) by [@patrick91](https://github.com/patrick91).
 
-## 0.0.12
+## 0.0.12 (2025-09-17)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ entrypoint = "some.importable_module:app_name"
 * ⬆ [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate. PR [#208](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/208) by [@pre-commit-ci[bot]](https://github.com/apps/pre-commit-ci).
 * ⬆ [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate. PR [#205](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/205) by [@pre-commit-ci[bot]](https://github.com/apps/pre-commit-ci).
 
-## 0.0.11
+## 0.0.11 (2025-09-09)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ $ fastapi run --entrypoint some.importable_module:app_name
 * ⬆ Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.12.4 to 1.13.0. PR [#200](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/200) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * 👷 Detect and label merge conflicts on PRs automatically. PR [#204](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/204) by [@svlandeg](https://github.com/svlandeg).
 
-## 0.0.10
+## 0.0.10 (2025-08-31)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -259,13 +259,13 @@ $ fastapi run --entrypoint some.importable_module:app_name
 * ⬆ Bump tiangolo/latest-changes from 0.3.2 to 0.4.0. PR [#188](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/188) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ⬆ Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 5 to 6. PR [#176](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/176) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.9
+## 0.0.9 (2025-08-31)
 
 ### Fixes
 
 * 🔧 Remove command script `fastapi`, let it be provided by the `fastapi` package. PR [#197](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/197) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 
-## 0.0.8
+## 0.0.8 (2025-07-07)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ If you want to install `fastapi` with the standard dependencies except for `fast
 * ⬆ Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 4 to 5. PR [#140](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/140) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ⬆ Bump mypy from 1.13.0 to 1.14.0. PR [#141](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/141) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.7
+## 0.0.7 (2024-12-15)
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ If you want to install `fastapi` with the standard dependencies except for `fast
 * ⬆ [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate. PR [#62](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/62) by [@pre-commit-ci[bot]](https://github.com/apps/pre-commit-ci).
 * ⬆ Bump ruff from 0.5.5 to 0.8.1. PR [#128](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/128) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.6
+## 0.0.6 (2024-12-04)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ If you want to install `fastapi` with the standard dependencies except for `fast
 * 🔧 Update GitHub Action add-to-project. PR [#66](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/66) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 * 👷 Add GitHub Action add-to-project. PR [#65](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli/pull/65) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 
-## 0.0.5
+## 0.0.5 (2024-08-02)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ In a future version, `fastapi-cli` will not include Uvicorn unless it is install
 * 👷 Enable CI tests for Python 3.12. PR [#27](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi-cli/pull/27) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 * 👷 Update Upload/Download artifacts GitHub Actions. PR [#26](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi-cli/pull/26) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 
-## 0.0.4
+## 0.0.4 (2024-05-19)
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ In a future version, `fastapi-cli` will not include Uvicorn unless it is install
 * ⬆ Bump actions/cache from 3 to 4. PR [#5](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi-cli/pull/5) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ⬆ Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.11 to 1.8.14. PR [#2](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi-cli/pull/2) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.3
+## 0.0.3 (2024-05-07)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ In a future version, `fastapi-cli` will not include Uvicorn unless it is install
 * ⬆ Update pytest requirement from <8.0.0,>=4.4.0 to >=4.4.0,<9.0.0. PR [#4](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi-cli/pull/4) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ⬆ Bump mypy from 1.4.1 to 1.10.0. PR [#7](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi-cli/pull/7) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.2
+## 0.0.2 (2024-05-02)
 
 First public working version. 🚀
 
diff --git a/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py b/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e5e4200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Check release-notes.md and add today's date to the latest release header if missing."""
+
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import date
+
+RELEASE_NOTES_FILE = "release-notes.md"
+RELEASE_HEADER_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^## (\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s*(\(.*\))?\s*$")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    with open(RELEASE_NOTES_FILE) as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        match = RELEASE_HEADER_PATTERN.match(line)
+        if not match:
+            continue
+
+        version = match.group(1)
+        date_part = match.group(2)
+
+        if date_part:
+            print(f"Latest release {version} already has a date: {date_part}")
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+        today = date.today().isoformat()
+        lines[i] = f"## {version} ({today})\n"
+        print(f"Added date: {version} ({today})")
+
+        with open(RELEASE_NOTES_FILE, "w") as f:
+            f.writelines(lines)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    print("No release header found")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()