diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 60ce951b63..bd58e3b23e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ to the following guidelines for all code, APIs, and documentation:
   build. If your PR cannot have 100% coverage for some reason please clearly explain why when you
   open it.
 * Any PR that changes user-facing behavior **must** have associated documentation in [docs](docs) as
-  well as the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md).
+  well as the [changelog](./changelogs).
 * All code comments and documentation are expected to have proper English grammar and punctuation.
   If you are not a fluent English speaker (or a bad writer ;-)) please let us know and we will try
   to find some help but there are no guarantees.
diff --git a/changelogs/0.0.1.yaml b/changelogs/0.0.1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4db893eb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/0.0.1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+date: May 16, 2022
+
+changes:
+- area: gateway
+  change: |
+    initial open source release.