diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d516a21..48d5598 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,11 @@ 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 ef67cad..5470302 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 * ⬆ Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6. PR [#20](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc/pull/20) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * 👷 Upgrade `latest-changes` GitHub Action and pin `actions/checkout@v5`. PR [#21](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc/pull/21) by [@svlandeg](https://github.com/svlandeg).
 
-## 0.0.4
+## 0.0.4 (2025-11-10)
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 * ⬆ Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5. PR [#14](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc/pull/14) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 * ⬆ Bump actions/download-artifact from 5 to 6. PR [#13](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc/pull/13) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
 
-## 0.0.3
+## 0.0.3 (2025-10-24)
 
 ### Docs
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 * 🔧 Add PEP-639 license metadata. PR [#11](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc/pull/11) by [@bollwyvl](https://github.com/bollwyvl).
 
-## 0.0.2
+## 0.0.2 (2025-10-22)
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@
 * 🔧 Add configs for `.github`. PR [#1](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc/pull/1) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 * 🔧 Update latest-changes config to point to `main` as the main branch. PR [#2](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc/pull/2) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 
-## 0.0.1
+## 0.0.1 (2023-12-11)
 
 Reserve PyPI package.
diff --git a/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py b/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e5e420
--- /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()