diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 071a0e85..ef188830 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "generate:translations": "node tools/generate-translations.js",
     "validate:translations": "node tools/validate-translations.js",
     "validate:schema-i18n": "node tools/validate-schema-i18n.js",
+    "changelog:insert": "node tools/extract-changelog.js --insert",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "lint": "eslint src/ tests/ tools/ index.js install-service.js uninstall-service.js --max-warnings 0",
     "lint:fix": "eslint src/ tests/ tools/ index.js install-service.js uninstall-service.js --fix",
diff --git a/tests/extractChangelog.test.js b/tests/extractChangelog.test.js
index 7fae3152..fda817a2 100644
--- a/tests/extractChangelog.test.js
+++ b/tests/extractChangelog.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { extractChangelogSection } = require('../tools/extract-changelog');
+const { extractChangelogSection, insertChangelogVersion } = require('../tools/extract-changelog');
 
 describe('extractChangelogSection', () => {
     const md = `# Changelog
@@ -62,3 +62,34 @@ describe('extractChangelogSection', () => {
         expect(previous).not.toContain(`## [${current}]`);
     });
 });
+
+describe('insertChangelogVersion', () => {
+    const md = `# Changelog
+
+## [1.27.0] - 2026-08-21
+
+- First item.
+
+## [1.26.0] - 2026-08-15
+
+- Older item.
+`;
+
+    it('inserts the new heading above the current top version', () => {
+        const next = insertChangelogVersion(md, '1.27.1', '2026-09-11');
+        expect(next).toContain('## [1.27.1] - 2026-09-11');
+        expect(next.indexOf('## [1.27.1]')).toBeLessThan(next.indexOf('## [1.27.0]'));
+        expect(next).toContain('## [1.27.0] - 2026-08-21');
+        expect(extractChangelogSection(next, '1.27.1')).not.toContain('First item.');
+        expect(extractChangelogSection(next, '1.27.0')).toContain('First item.');
+    });
+
+    it('refuses to replace or duplicate an existing version', () => {
+        expect(() => insertChangelogVersion(md, '1.27.0', '2026-09-11')).toThrow(/already has/);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects a non-semver version and a non-ISO date', () => {
+        expect(() => insertChangelogVersion(md, '1.27', '2026-09-11')).toThrow(/invalid version/);
+        expect(() => insertChangelogVersion(md, '1.27.1', '11/09/2026')).toThrow(/invalid date/);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/tools/extract-changelog.js b/tools/extract-changelog.js
index 2ae5862e..51b98b8b 100644
--- a/tools/extract-changelog.js
+++ b/tools/extract-changelog.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 /**
  * Print the CHANGELOG section for one version (for GitHub Release bodies).
  *
- * Usage: node tools/extract-changelog.js 1.27.0
+ * Usage:
+ *   node tools/extract-changelog.js 1.27.0
+ *   node tools/extract-changelog.js --insert 1.27.1 2026-09-11
  */
 
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -35,7 +37,43 @@ function extractChangelogSection(markdown, version) {
     return `${lines.slice(start, end).join('\n').trim()}\n`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Insert a new version heading above the current top section.
+ * Never replaces an existing heading — that is how 1.34.8 and 1.34.7
+ * notes were swallowed into the next release.
+ *
+ * @param {string} markdown
+ * @param {string} version
+ * @param {string} date YYYY-MM-DD
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function insertChangelogVersion(markdown, version, date) {
+    if (!version || !/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(version)) {
+        throw new Error(`extract-changelog: invalid version "${version}"`);
+    }
+    if (!date || !/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(date)) {
+        throw new Error(`extract-changelog: invalid date "${date}"`);
+    }
+    if (markdown.includes(`## [${version}]`)) {
+        throw new Error(`extract-changelog: CHANGELOG already has ${version}`);
+    }
+    const firstHeading = markdown.search(/^## \[/m);
+    if (firstHeading === -1) {
+        throw new Error('extract-changelog: no existing version heading to insert above');
+    }
+    return `${markdown.slice(0, firstHeading)}## [${version}] - ${date}\n\n${markdown.slice(firstHeading)}`;
+}
+
 function main() {
+    if (process.argv[2] === '--insert') {
+        const version = process.argv[3];
+        const date = process.argv[4];
+        const changelogPath = process.argv[5]
+            || path.join(__dirname, '..', 'homeassistant-addon', 'CHANGELOG.md');
+        const markdown = fs.readFileSync(changelogPath, 'utf8');
+        fs.writeFileSync(changelogPath, insertChangelogVersion(markdown, version, date));
+        return;
+    }
     const version = process.argv[2];
     const changelogPath = process.argv[3]
         || path.join(__dirname, '..', 'homeassistant-addon', 'CHANGELOG.md');
@@ -47,4 +85,4 @@ if (require.main === module) {
     main();
 }
 
-module.exports = { extractChangelogSection };
+module.exports = { extractChangelogSection, insertChangelogVersion };