diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index b40c078..0af1ea0 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -7445,26 +7445,40 @@ function setupListeners() {
 }
 
 // --- Update UI ---
-function _formatUpdateReleaseNotes(value) {
-  const output = [];
-  let pendingBlank = false;
+function _cleanUpdateReleaseText(value) {
+  return String(value || '')
+    .replace(/\*\*([^*]+)\*\*/g, '$1')
+    .replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, '$1')
+    .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]+\)/g, '$1');
+}
+
+function _renderUpdateReleaseNotes(container, value) {
+  const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+  let consumed = 0;
   for (const rawLine of String(value || '').replace(/\r\n?/g, '\n').split('\n')) {
-    let line = rawLine.trim();
-    if (!line) {
-      if (output.length > 0) pendingBlank = true;
-      continue;
-    }
-    line = line
-      .replace(/^#{1,6}\s+/, '')
-      .replace(/^[-*+]\s+/, '• ')
-      .replace(/\*\*([^*]+)\*\*/g, '$1')
-      .replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, '$1')
-      .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]+\)/g, '$1');
-    if (pendingBlank && output.at(-1) !== '') output.push('');
-    output.push(line);
-    pendingBlank = false;
+    const line = rawLine.trim();
+    if (!line) continue;
+    const heading = line.match(/^(#{1,6})\s+(.+)$/);
+    const bullet = line.match(/^[-*+]\s+(.+)$/);
+    const className = heading
+      ? (heading[1].length <= 2 ? 'update-release-heading' : 'update-release-category')
+      : bullet
+        ? 'update-release-item'
+        : 'update-release-line';
+    const source = heading ? heading[2] : bullet ? `• ${bullet[1]}` : line;
+    const cleaned = _cleanUpdateReleaseText(source);
+    const available = 2400 - consumed;
+    if (available <= 0) break;
+    const text = cleaned.length > available ? `${cleaned.slice(0, Math.max(0, available - 1))}…` : cleaned;
+    const element = document.createElement('div');
+    element.className = className;
+    element.textContent = text;
+    fragment.appendChild(element);
+    consumed += text.length;
+    if (text.endsWith('…')) break;
   }
-  return output.join('\n');
+  container.replaceChildren(fragment);
+  return container.childElementCount > 0;
 }
 
 function showUpdateBanner(info) {
@@ -7488,9 +7502,7 @@ function showUpdateBanner(info) {
     message.hidden = false;
   }
   if (notes && notesBody) {
-    const releaseNotes = _formatUpdateReleaseNotes(info.releaseNotes);
-    notesBody.textContent = releaseNotes.length > 2400 ? `${releaseNotes.slice(0, 2399)}…` : releaseNotes;
-    notes.hidden = !releaseNotes;
+    notes.hidden = !_renderUpdateReleaseNotes(notesBody, info.releaseNotes);
   }
   if (installButton) {
     installButton.disabled = false;
diff --git a/renderer/styles.css b/renderer/styles.css
index 1c82022..6ef63f6 100644
--- a/renderer/styles.css
+++ b/renderer/styles.css
@@ -2491,7 +2491,37 @@ select.hs-input { max-width: none; width: auto; min-width: 140px; }
 }
 
 .update-release-notes-body {
-  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  white-space: normal;
+}
+
+.update-release-heading {
+  margin: 2px 0 11px;
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-size: 14px;
+  font-weight: 750;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+}
+
+.update-release-category {
+  margin: 15px 0 7px;
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+}
+
+.update-release-heading + .update-release-category {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.update-release-item,
+.update-release-line {
+  margin: 4px 0;
+}
+
+.update-release-item {
+  padding-left: 11px;
+  text-indent: -9px;
 }
 
 .update-progress-track {
diff --git a/tests/startup-renderer.test.js b/tests/startup-renderer.test.js
index 1ca593b..d76006f 100644
--- a/tests/startup-renderer.test.js
+++ b/tests/startup-renderer.test.js
@@ -179,5 +179,7 @@ test('header occupies its final geometry before asynchronous initialization', ()
   assert.match(html, /class="update-progress-footer"[\s\S]*id="updateProgressDetails"[\s\S]*id="updateProgressSize"[\s\S]*id="updateProgressSpeed"[\s\S]*id="updateProgressEta"[\s\S]*id="updateProgressText"/u);
   assert.match(css, /#updateProgressDetails\s*\{[^}]*display:\s*grid;[^}]*grid-template-columns:\s*19ch 2ch 11ch 2ch 10ch;[^}]*column-gap:\s*0;[^}]*font-variant-numeric:\s*tabular-nums;/su);
   assert.match(css, /\.update-progress-separator\s*\{[^}]*display:\s*grid;[^}]*place-items:\s*center;/su);
+  assert.match(css, /\.update-release-heading\s*\{[^}]*font-size:\s*14px;[^}]*font-weight:\s*750;/su);
+  assert.match(css, /\.update-release-category\s*\{[^}]*font-size:\s*13px;[^}]*font-weight:\s*700;/su);
   assert.match(css, /#updateProgressDetails\[hidden\]\s*\{[^}]*display:\s*none;/su);
 });
diff --git a/tests/ui-smoke.js b/tests/ui-smoke.js
index 8867b9d..0aaf4e7 100644
--- a/tests/ui-smoke.js
+++ b/tests/ui-smoke.js
@@ -2447,8 +2447,8 @@ setTimeout(async () => {
     check('Update dialog offers cancel and install actions', updateDialogActions === 'Abbrechen|Jetzt installieren');
     const updateCloseColor = await wc.executeJavaScript('getComputedStyle(document.getElementById("updateCloseBtn")).color');
     check('Update dialog exposes a red close action', updateCloseColor === 'rgb(255, 133, 140)');
-    const updateDialogChangelog = await wc.executeJavaScript('(() => { const title = document.querySelector(".update-release-notes-title"); const body = document.getElementById("updateReleaseNotesBody"); const titleRect = title?.getBoundingClientRect(); const bodyRect = body?.getBoundingClientRect(); return { hidden: document.getElementById("updateReleaseNotes")?.hidden, title: title?.textContent?.trim(), body: body?.textContent, gap: bodyRect && titleRect ? bodyRect.top - titleRect.bottom : null }; })()');
-    check('Update dialog renders a compact normalized changelog', updateDialogChangelog.hidden === false && updateDialogChangelog.title === 'Changelog' && updateDialogChangelog.body === 'New in this version\\n\\nMenus and navigation\\n\\n• Added live language switching.\\n• Improved settings layout.' && updateDialogChangelog.gap <= 10);
+    const updateDialogChangelog = await wc.executeJavaScript('(() => { const title = document.querySelector(".update-release-notes-title"); const body = document.getElementById("updateReleaseNotesBody"); const heading = body?.querySelector(".update-release-heading"); const category = body?.querySelector(".update-release-category"); const items = [...(body?.querySelectorAll(".update-release-item") || [])]; const titleRect = title?.getBoundingClientRect(); const bodyRect = body?.getBoundingClientRect(); return { hidden: document.getElementById("updateReleaseNotes")?.hidden, title: title?.textContent?.trim(), heading: heading?.textContent, headingSize: getComputedStyle(heading).fontSize, category: category?.textContent, categorySize: getComputedStyle(category).fontSize, items: items.map(item => item.textContent).join("|"), gap: bodyRect && titleRect ? bodyRect.top - titleRect.bottom : null }; })()');
+    check('Update dialog renders a compact changelog with larger headings and categories', updateDialogChangelog.hidden === false && updateDialogChangelog.title === 'Changelog' && updateDialogChangelog.heading === 'New in this version' && updateDialogChangelog.headingSize === '14px' && updateDialogChangelog.category === 'Menus and navigation' && updateDialogChangelog.categorySize === '13px' && updateDialogChangelog.items === '• Added live language switching.|• Improved settings layout.' && updateDialogChangelog.gap <= 10);
     const updateDialogSize = await wc.executeJavaScript('(() => ({ width: document.querySelector(".update-dialog")?.getBoundingClientRect().width, notesHeight: document.getElementById("updateReleaseNotes")?.getBoundingClientRect().height }))()');
     check('Update dialog and changelog provide more horizontal and vertical room', updateDialogSize.width === 576 && updateDialogSize.notesHeight === 264);