diff --git a/org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml.in b/org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml.in
index e79a79232..7e0b8d209 100644
--- a/org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml.in
@@ -93,16 +93,6 @@
   </content_rating>
 
   <releases>
-    <release date="2018-01-29" version="2.1.2"/>
-    <release date="2018-01-29" version="2.1.1"/>
-    <release date="2018-12-20" version="2.1.0"/>
-    <release date="2018-09-05" version="2.0.4"/>
-    <release date="2018-08-10" version="2.0.3"/>
-    <release date="2018-07-30" version="2.0.2"/>
-    <release date="2018-07-21" version="2.0.1"/>
-    <release date="2018-07-18" version="2.0.0"/>
-    <release date="2017-06-20" version="1.4.2"/>
-    <release date="2017-04-15" version="1.4.1"/>
-    <release date="2017-02-14" version="1.4.0"/>
+    %(releases)s
   </releases>
 </component>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9dff378b4..fd38ffb5a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ class picard_build_appdata(Command):
     description = 'Build appdata metadata file'
     user_options = []
 
+    re_release = re.compile('Version (\d+(?:\.\d+){1,2}) - (\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})')
+
     def initialize_options(self):
         pass
 
@@ -351,12 +353,24 @@ class picard_build_appdata(Command):
         pass
 
     def run(self):
+        tmp_file = 'org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml.tmp'
         self.spawn([
             'msgfmt', '--xml',
             '--template=org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml.in',
             '-d', 'po/appstream',
-            '-o', 'org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml',
+            '-o', tmp_file,
         ])
+        self.add_release_list(tmp_file)
+        os.unlink(tmp_file)
+
+    def add_release_list(self, source_file):
+        with open('NEWS.txt', 'r') as newsfile:
+            news = newsfile.read()
+        releases = []
+        for (version, date) in self.re_release.findall(news):
+            releases.append('<release date="%s" version="%s"/>' % (date, version))
+        args = {'releases': '\n    '.join(releases)}
+        generate_file(source_file, 'org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml', args)
 
 
 class picard_regen_appdata_pot_file(Command):