diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a9585368cd64ca32a0ba3f5a45c948187c612cbb..4863c8aa1681a57d07fb5d233ec8f96702ded8c8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	matlab \
 	contrib \
-	NEWS \
+	NEWS.md \
 	license.txt \
 	README.md \
 	COPYING \
diff --git a/macOS/build.sh b/macOS/build.sh
index 625846f967545599b09050efe15267d5e117797f..b43ae236ef61cf609552ad13800e750d25534fe9 100755
--- a/macOS/build.sh
+++ b/macOS/build.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ mkdir -p \
 if [[ $VERSION == *-unstable* ]]; then
     echo "$SHA"                                                    > "$PKGFILES"/sha.txt
 fi
-cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/NEWS                                               "$PKGFILES"
+cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/NEWS.md                                            "$PKGFILES"
 cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/COPYING                                            "$PKGFILES"
 cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/VERSION                                            "$PKGFILES"
 cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/license.txt                                        "$PKGFILES"
diff --git a/windows/build.sh b/windows/build.sh
index 76980bbe0ba5fc33ecc535900d3763c21f1128ca..9ab553ac6c5f741e8d20c738ac8b35b95eb805de 100755
--- a/windows/build.sh
+++ b/windows/build.sh
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ ZIPDIR="$TMP_DIRECTORY"/"$ZIPNAME"
 mkdir -p "$ZIPDIR"
 
 cd ..
-cp -p NEWS "$ZIPDIR"
+cp -p NEWS.md "$ZIPDIR"
 cp -p VERSION "$ZIPDIR"
 cp -p license.txt "$ZIPDIR"
 cp -p windows/README.txt "$ZIPDIR"
diff --git a/windows/dynare.nsi b/windows/dynare.nsi
index ede2f96923ccd37aa0afd5b8a6662ae149b831f2..ca48e86387cb7cca0aa9c13902b72ef0809a31fc 100644
--- a/windows/dynare.nsi
+++ b/windows/dynare.nsi
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Section "Dynare core (preprocessor and M-files)"
  SectionIn RO
 !insertmacro DETERMINE_CONTEXT
  SetOutPath $INSTDIR
- File README.txt ..\NEWS ..\license.txt ..\VERSION
+ File README.txt ..\NEWS.md ..\license.txt ..\VERSION
 
  SetOutPath $INSTDIR\matlab
  File /r ..\matlab\*.m
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Section "Uninstall"
  # First delete the uninstaller
  Delete $INSTDIR\uninstall.exe
  Delete $INSTDIR\README.txt
- Delete $INSTDIR\NEWS
+ Delete $INSTDIR\NEWS.md
  Delete $INSTDIR\license.txt
  Delete $INSTDIR\VERSION
  Rmdir /r $INSTDIR\matlab