diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yml b/.github/workflows/update.yml
index 68760d1..786b28e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yml
@@ -73,11 +73,10 @@ jobs:
             
                 JIRA_ENTRIES+=$'\n- '
                 JIRA_ENTRIES+="$COMMIT_MSG"
-                JIRA_ENTRIES+=$'\n [**'
+                JIRA_ENTRIES+=$'\n'
                 JIRA_ENTRIES+="$JIRA_TITLE"
-                JIRA_ENTRIES+=$'**]('
+                JIRA_ENTRIES+=$'#%'
                 JIRA_ENTRIES+="$JIRA_LINK"
-                JIRA_ENTRIES+=')'
             
                 curl -X POST "${{ secrets.JIRA_DOMAIN }}/rest/api/2/issue/$JIRA_ID/transitions" \
                 -u "${{ secrets.JIRA_GURI }}:${{ secrets.JIRA_GURI_TOKEN }}" \
@@ -109,12 +108,13 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           RELEASE_NOTES=$(gh release view ${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }} --json body -q .body)
+          MARK_DOWN="$(cat jira_entries.txt | sed -E 's/(.*) #% (https?:\/\/[^ ]+)/[\1](\2)/g')"
           UPDATED_NOTES=$(cat <<EOF
           ## Updated $RELEASE_NOTES Release Notes
           
                             
           ### Jira tasks
-          $(cat jira_entries.txt)
+          $MARK_DOWN
           EOF
           )
           gh release edit "${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}" --notes "$UPDATED_NOTES"
@@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "Release Version: $RELEASE_VERSION"
     
           RAW_CONTENT="$(cat jira_entries.txt)"
-          CLEANED_CONTENT="$(echo "$RAW_CONTENT" | sed -E 's/\[([^]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/<\2|\1>/g')"
+          SLACK_TEXT="$(cat jira_entries.txt | sed -E 's/(.*) #% (https?:\/\/[^ ]+)/<\2|\1>/g')"
                     
           SLACK_MESSAGE="$(cat << EOF
           🚀 *AOS $RELEASE_VERSION release*
           
-          $CLEANED_CONTENT
+          $SLACK_TEXT
           
           EOF
           )"