diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 95%
rename from RELEASE.txt
rename to CHANGELOG.md
index 76270a77a..0743646f2 100644
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-# This number should track progressive changes in this software, and correspond to git tags
-# denoting releases. It is entirely independent of the the Pavilion's VERSION.
-RELEASE=2.6.1
+# Changelog
 
-## 2.6.1 Release Notes
+All notable changes to Pavilion will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [2.6.2] - 2026-06-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed a race condition which caused result loggers to sometimes read tests' result files before
+  they had been fully written, resulting in `null` results and missing keys in the result log.
+
+## [2.6.1] - 2026-05-12
 
 - Fixed a bug which caused some tests in a series to be loaded multiple times and others not at all.
 - Fixed a bug in which test runs were placed in the wrong working directory when multiple
@@ -21,7 +31,7 @@ RELEASE=2.6.1
   of creation (in ISO 8601 format) to prevent result logs from being incorrectly combined when
   series IDs are reused.
 
-## 2.6 Release Notes
+## [2.6] - 2026-03-25
 
 - Test run directories are now named based on the series-relative IDs of test runs (e.g. `s1.1`).
   This reduces lock contention when creating test runs, since IDs in different series are now
@@ -43,9 +53,7 @@ RELEASE=2.6.1
 - Various minor bug mixes.
 - Minor documentation edits.
 
-# Release History
-
-## 2.5 Release Notes
+## [2.5] - 2026-01-14
 
  - Tests can (and should) now be structured as suites directories, which can contain test, host,
    mode, and os configs, as well as test source code. The `test_src` directory is now deprecated.
@@ -92,7 +100,8 @@ RELEASE=2.6.1
  - Added an '--all-passed' option to the results command
  - Added `pav log states` command, which lists all states a test has had.
 
-## 2.4 Release Notes
+## [2.4] - 2022-02-22
+
  - Minimum supported python version is now 3.6
  - All IO or Processor intensive parts of Pavilion have been made multi-threaded or multi-process,
    vastly speeding up many Pavilion operations.
@@ -189,7 +198,8 @@ Scheduler variables have also changed considerable.
   - All slurm `alloc_*` variables are now `test_*`.
   - Most can be converted directly.
 
-## 2.3 Release Notes
+## [2.3] - 2021-01-20
+
  - Added 'flatten_results' option to the base Pavilion config. Allows for
    producing a separate result log line for each 'per_file' result, making
    charting in Splunk significantly easier. The results can be significantly
@@ -223,7 +233,8 @@ Scheduler variables have also changed considerable.
    - The results command '--json' argument and '--oneline' argments were removed.
      Use --summary instead.
 
-## 2.2 Release notes
+## [2.2] - 2020-07-16
+
  - All new test config parser.
  - Variable references are now 'expressions'.
    - In addition to variables, they can contain math and functions.
@@ -289,10 +300,12 @@ Scheduler variables have also changed considerable.
        email: pferrell@lanl.gov
     ```
 
-## 2.1.2
+## [2.1.2] - 2020-03-17
+
  - Fixed some regressions from the 2.1.1 release.
 
-## 2.1.1
+## [2.1.1] - 2020-03-17
+
  - Fixed speed of draw_table with new algorithm
  - Fixed some name conflicts with the 'per_fullname' and 'per_name' result parser options.
  - Fixed issue with pipe exceptions in pav results
@@ -309,7 +322,8 @@ Scheduler variables have also changed considerable.
  - Added better build tracking output and verbosity under the 'run' command.
 
 
-## 2.1
+## [2.1] - 2019-12-19
+
  - Quite a few bugfixes.
  - Simplified time output (and dropped pytz dependency)
  - Updated regex parser.
@@ -325,7 +339,7 @@ Scheduler variables have also changed considerable.
  - Fixed RUN_COMPLETE files. They are now made when a test is finished,
    fails, is cancelled, and in most error cases.
 
-## 2.0
+## [2.0] - 2019-11-18
 
  - All new Pavilion 2.0 redesign
    - Pavilion was completely redesigned and reimplemented for this release.
diff --git a/lib/pavilion/config.py b/lib/pavilion/config.py
index b52e21b3e..bc66cbd32 100644
--- a/lib/pavilion/config.py
+++ b/lib/pavilion/config.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import grp
 import os
 import stat
+import re
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from operator import itemgetter
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@
 
 PAV_CONFIG_NAME = 'pavilion.yaml'
 CONFIG_NAME = 'config.yaml'
+CHANGELOG_NAME = "CHANGELOG.md"
+
+VERSION_REGEX = re.compile(r"\[(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\]")
 
 try:
     USER_HOME_PAV = (Path('~')/'.pavilion').expanduser()
@@ -824,16 +828,19 @@ def make_config(options: dict, setup_working_dirs: bool = True):
 
 def get_version() -> str:
     """Returns the current version of Pavilion."""
-    version_path = PAV_ROOT / 'RELEASE.txt'
+    version_path = PAV_ROOT / CHANGELOG_NAME
 
     try:
         with version_path.open() as file:
-            lines = file.readlines()
-            for line in lines:
-                if line.startswith('RELEASE='):
-                    return line.split('=')[1].strip()
+            for line in file:
+                match = VERSION_REGEX.search(line)
+
+                if match:
+                    return match.group(1)
 
-            return '<unknown>'
+        raise RuntimeError("Version not found.")
+        return '<unknown>'
 
     except FileNotFoundError:
+        raise
         return '<unknown>'