diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ec1b50675d..6ab83c43e90 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ GO_MOD_OUTDATED := ${BUILD_BIN_PATH}/go-mod-outdated
 GO_MOD_OUTDATED_VERSION := 0.9.0
 RELEASE_NOTES := ${BUILD_BIN_PATH}/release-notes
 ZEITGEIST := ${BUILD_BIN_PATH}/zeitgeist
-RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION := v0.15.1
+RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION := v0.17.0
 ZEITGEIST_VERSION := v0.4.1
 BOM := ${BUILD_BIN_PATH}/bom
 BOM_VERSION := v0.5.1
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ define curl_to
 endef
 
 $(RELEASE_NOTES): $(BUILD_BIN_PATH)
-	$(call curl_to,https://github.com/kubernetes/release/releases/download/$(RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION)/release-notes-linux-amd64,$(RELEASE_NOTES))
+	$(call curl_to,https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-artifacts-sig-release/kubernetes/release/$(RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION)/release-notes-amd64-linux,$(RELEASE_NOTES))
 
 $(SHFMT): $(BUILD_BIN_PATH)
 	$(call curl_to,https://github.com/mvdan/sh/releases/download/$(SHFMT_VERSION)/shfmt_$(SHFMT_VERSION)_linux_amd64,$(SHFMT))
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 13137b58d8f..f093a52c1fd 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ dependencies:
         match: BOM_VERSION
 
   - name: release-notes
-    version: 0.15.1
+    version: 0.17.0
     refPaths:
       - path: Makefile
         match: RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION
diff --git a/scripts/release-notes/release_notes.go b/scripts/release-notes/release_notes.go
index 3848f525257..3615c341aa1 100644
--- a/scripts/release-notes/release_notes.go
+++ b/scripts/release-notes/release_notes.go
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ To verify the bill of materials (SBOM) in [SPDX](https://spdx.org) format using
 		"--repo-path=/tmp/cri-o-repo",
 		"--required-author=",
 		"--start-rev="+startTag,
+		"--skip-first-commit",
 		"--end-sha="+head,
 		"--output="+outputFilePath,
 		"--toc",