diff --git a/app/scss/packages.scss b/app/scss/packages.scss
index 9a875e51..9d006e36 100644
--- a/app/scss/packages.scss
+++ b/app/scss/packages.scss
@@ -92,3 +92,8 @@
 	max-height: 1em;
 	filter: none !important;
 }
+
+.release-notes-body {
+	max-height: 20em;
+	overflow: hidden auto;
+}
diff --git a/app/templates/base.html b/app/templates/base.html
index ce28934e..a9dddade 100644
--- a/app/templates/base.html
+++ b/app/templates/base.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	{%- endif %}
 
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/static/libs/bootstrap.min.css?v=4">
-	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/static/custom.css?v=56">
+	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/static/custom.css?v=57">
 	<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/static/opensearch.xml" title="ContentDB" />
 
 	{% if noindex -%}
diff --git a/app/templates/packages/view.html b/app/templates/packages/view.html
index f2ed7859..374c74da 100644
--- a/app/templates/packages/view.html
+++ b/app/templates/packages/view.html
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 						<h3 id="release_notes" class="card-header">
 							{{ _("Release notes for %(title)s", title=release.title) }}
 						</h3>
-						<div class="card-body markdown">
+						<div class="card-body markdown release-notes-body">
 							{{ release.release_notes | markdown }}
 						</div>
 					</div>