diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index b9d957facf..69ffb3b035 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@v1
         id: git-cliff
         with:
-          config: cliff.toml
+          config: config/cliff.toml
           args: -vv --latest --strip header
         env:
           OUTPUT: CHANGES.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           mkdir -p release/completions/
-          cp {LICENSE,README.md,CHANGELOG.md,cliff.toml} release/
+          cp {LICENSE,README.md,CHANGELOG.md} release/
           OUT_DIR=release/completions/ cargo run --release --bin git-cliff-completions
           if [ "${{ matrix.OS }}" = "windows-2019" ]; then
             cp target/${{ matrix.TARGET }}/release/git-cliff.exe release/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f73e2674f8..b4ea6be6a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Also, see the [continuous deployment workflow](./.github/workflows/cd.yml) of th
 
 **git-cliff** configuration file supports [TOML](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml) (preferred) and [YAML](https://yaml.org) formats.
 
-See [cliff.toml](./cliff.toml) for an example.
+See [config/cliff.toml](./config/cliff.toml) for an example.
 
 ### changelog
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Examples are based on the following Git history:
 
 See [examples](./examples/) directory for example configuration files.
 
-#### [Basic](./cliff.toml)
+#### [Basic](./config/cliff.toml)
 
 <details>
   <summary>Raw Output</summary>
diff --git a/cliff.toml b/config/cliff.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from cliff.toml
rename to config/cliff.toml
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/src/config.rs b/git-cliff-core/src/config.rs
index 10746f9f8e..38823209e7 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/src/config.rs
+++ b/git-cliff-core/src/config.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ mod test {
 			.parent()
 			.unwrap()
 			.to_path_buf()
+			.join("config")
 			.join("cliff.toml")
 			.to_str()
 			.unwrap()