diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
index a4dce4c2..64e1f4e7 100644
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+categories:
+  - title: "🚀 Features"
+    labels:
+      - "feature"
+      - "enhancement"
+  - title: "🐛 Bug Fixes"
+    labels:
+      - "fix"
+      - "bugfix"
+      - "bug"
+  - title: "🧰 Maintenance"
+    labels:
+      - "chore"
+  - title: "⬆️ Dependencies"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+change-title-escapes: '\<*_&`'
+commitish: main
+
+autolabeler:
+  - label: "chore"
+    files:
+      - "*.md"
+    branch:
+      - '/docs{0,1}\/.+/'
+  - label: "bugfix"
+    branch:
+      - '/bugfix\/.+/'
+    title:
+      - "/fix/i"
+  - label: "feature"
+    branch:
+      - '/feature\/.+/'
+  - label: "dependencies"
+    branch:
+      - '/dependabot\/.+/'
+
 template: |
   ## What's Changed
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/autolabeler.yml b/.github/workflows/autolabeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e859b30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/autolabeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  auto_label:
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # runs autolabeler
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter/autolabeler@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index 1d061a42..3718e9bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       # write permission is required for autolabeler
       # otherwise, read permission is required at least
-      pull-requests: write
+      pull-requests: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "main"
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7
+        with:
+          config-name: release-drafter.yml # the default, loads '.github/release-drafter.yml'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 38418e4e..a223c10c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         args:
-          - --ignore-words-list=astroid,addin
+          - --ignore-words-list=astroid,addin,commitish
           - --quiet-level=2
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
     rev: v1.38.0