diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a5317676242..ff9429347402 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ## 1.11.0 (Unreleased)
 
-
 ENHANCEMENTS:
 
 * `init`: Provider installation will utilise credentials configured in a `.netrc` file for the download and shasum URLs returned by provider registries. ([#35843](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/35843))
diff --git a/scripts/changelog.sh b/scripts/changelog.sh
index 28cc4b1ea6b0..43a8f3654dcf 100755
--- a/scripts/changelog.sh
+++ b/scripts/changelog.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 
 CHANGIE_VERSION="${CHANGIE_VERSION:-1.21.0}"
+SEMVER_VERSION="${SEMVER_VERSION:-7.6.3}"
 
 function usage {
   cat <<-'EOF'
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ function generate {
         LATEST_VERSION=$(npx -y changie@$CHANGIE_VERSION latest -r --skip-prereleases)
         COMPLETE_VERSION="$LATEST_VERSION-dev"
 
+        # Check if we already released this version already
+        if git tag -l "v$LATEST_VERSION" | grep -q "v$LATEST_VERSION"; then
+            LATEST_VERSION=$(npx -y semver@$SEMVER_VERSION -i patch $LATEST_VERSION)
+        fi
+
         npx -y changie@$CHANGIE_VERSION merge -u "## $LATEST_VERSION (Unreleased)"
         
         # If we have no changes yet, the changelog is empty now, so we need to add a header