diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 10d2bb25..3553804f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format
 - **Internal**:
   - The container startup welcome log message now references `DMS_RELEASE` ([#3676](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3676))
   - `VERSION` was incremented for prior releases to be notified of the v13.0.1 patch release ([#3676](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3676))
+  - Update-check: fix 'read' exit status ([#3688](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3688))
 - **Rspamd:**
   - Switch to official arm64 packages to avoid segfaults ([#3686](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3686))
 
diff --git a/target/scripts/update-check.sh b/target/scripts/update-check.sh
index c30594f4..257fc37d 100755
--- a/target/scripts/update-check.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/update-check.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ while true; do
     # compare versions
     if dpkg --compare-versions "${VERSION}" lt "${LATEST}"; then
       # send mail notification to postmaster
-      read -r -d '' MAIL << EOF
+      read -r -d '#' MAIL << EOF
 Hello ${POSTMASTER_ADDRESS}!
 
 There is a docker-mailserver update available on your host: $(hostname -f)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ There is a docker-mailserver update available on your host: $(hostname -f)
 Current version: ${VERSION}
 Latest  version: ${LATEST}
 
-Changelog: ${CHANGELOG_URL}
+Changelog: ${CHANGELOG_URL}#END
 EOF
 
       _log_with_date 'info' "Update available [ ${VERSION} --> ${LATEST} ]"