diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 900ddccfe8a4e..a3c66f039b99f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -707,13 +707,6 @@ $(RERUN): $(wildcard $(TOOLINGDIR)/cmd/rerun/*.go)
 RELEASE_NOTES_GEN := $(TOOLINGDIR)/bin/release-notes
 $(RELEASE_NOTES_GEN): $(wildcard $(TOOLINGDIR)/cmd/release-notes/*.go)
 	cd $(TOOLINGDIR) && go build -o "$@" ./cmd/release-notes
-#
-# Downloads and builds changelog from source.
-# PHONY is set so that we rely on Go's mod cache and not Make's cache.
-#
-CHANGELOG := $(TOOLINGDIR)/bin/changelog
-$(CHANGELOG):
-	GOBIN=$(TOOLINGDIR)/bin go install github.com/gravitational/shared-workflows/tools/changelog@v1.0.0
 
 .PHONY: tooling
 tooling: ensure-gotestsum $(DIFF_TEST)
@@ -1643,14 +1636,15 @@ rustup-install-target-toolchain: rustup-set-version
 # changelog generates PR changelog between the provided base tag and the tip of
 # the specified branch.
 #
-# usage: make -s changelog
-# usage: make -s changelog BASE_BRANCH=branch/v13 BASE_TAG=13.2.0
-# usage: BASE_BRANCH=branch/v13 BASE_TAG=13.2.0 make -s changelog
+# usage: make changelog
+# usage: make changelog BASE_BRANCH=branch/v13 BASE_TAG=v13.2.0
+# usage: BASE_BRANCH=branch/v13 BASE_TAG=v13.2.0 make changelog
 #
 # BASE_BRANCH and BASE_TAG will be automatically determined if not specified.
+CHANGELOG = github.com/gravitational/shared-workflows/tools/changelog@latest
 .PHONY: changelog
-changelog: $(CHANGELOG)
-	$(CHANGELOG) --base-branch="$(BASE_BRANCH)" --base-tag="$(BASE_TAG)" ./
+changelog:
+	@go run $(CHANGELOG) --base-branch="$(BASE_BRANCH)" --base-tag="$(BASE_TAG)" ./
 
 # create-github-release will generate release notes from the CHANGELOG.md and will
 # create release notes from them.