diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7e198013649b02a1054754442e464052a4bed980..5b1d5657729266ee2105e21d577fbb62f4f7b8e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "invalid release tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}. expected ${expected_tag_name}"
             exit 1
           fi
+          mkdir -p target/
           script/draft-release-notes "$version" "$channel" > target/release-notes.md
 
       - name: Generate license file