diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
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+---
+name-template: $RESOLVED_VERSION
+tag-template: $RESOLVED_VERSION
+include-pre-releases: true
+categories:
+  - title: 💣 Breaking Changes
+    labels:
+      - breaking change
+  - title: 🔔 Deprecation Warnings
+    labels:
+      - deprecation
+  - title: 🚀 Features
+    labels:
+      - enhancement
+  - title: 🐛 Bug Fixes
+    labels:
+      - bug
+  - title: 🧪 Tests
+    labels:
+      - tests
+  - title: 📝 Documentation
+    labels:
+      - documentation
+  - title: 👷 CI/CD
+    labels:
+      - ci
+      - build
+  - title: 🔨 Maintenance
+    labels:
+      - chore
+  - title: ⬆️ Dependencies
+    collapse-after: 15
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+  - title: Other Changes
+    labels:
+      - *
+exclude-labels:
+    - skip changelog
+version-resolver:
+  minor:
+    labels:
+      - breaking change
+      - deprecation
+  patch:
+    labels:
+      - bug
+      - chore
+      - dependencies
+      - documentation
+      - enhancement
+      - tests
+  default: patch
+autolabeler:
+  - label: breaking change
+    body:
+      - "/breaking/i"
+  - label: deprecation
+    branch:
+      - "/deprecate\/.+/"
+    title:
+      - "/deprecate/i"
+  - label: enhancement
+    branch:
+      - "/feat\/.+/"
+      - "/feature\/.+/"
+    title:
+      - "/feat/i"
+      - "/feature/i"
+  - label: bug
+    branch:
+      - "/fix\/.+/"
+      - "/bug\/.+/"
+      - "/bugfix\/.+/"
+    title:
+      - "/fix/i"
+      - "/bug/i"
+      - "/bugfix/i"
+  - label: tests
+    branch:
+      - "/tests{0,1}\/.+/"
+    files:
+      - "/tests/**"
+    title:
+      - "/tests{0,1}\/.+/i"
+  - label: documentation
+    branch:
+      - "/docs{0,1}\/.+/"
+      - "/documentation\/.+/"
+    files:
+      - "docs/**"
+    title:
+      - "/docs{0,1}\/.+/i"
+      - "/documentation/i"
+  - label: dependencies #todo review
+    files:
+      - ".github/workflows/requirements/*"
+replacers: #todo review
+  - search: "/(feat|fix|docs|chore|cleanup|style|refactor|perf|test)(\(\w+\))?: /g"
+    replace: ""
+template: |
+    ## What's new in the NGINX S3 Gateway v$RESOLVED_VERSION!
+
+    $CHANGES
+
+    ## Install & Upgrade ## TODO Update or remove
+
+    - To install the Ansible NGINX role on a fresh environment, run `ansible-galaxy install nginxinc.nginx`.
+    - To upgrade the Ansible NGINX role to the latest release, run `ansible-galaxy install -f nginxinc.nginx`.
+    - To install or upgrade to this specific Ansible NGINX role release ($RESOLVED_VERSION), run `ansible-galaxy install -f nginxinc.nginx,v$RESOLVED_VERSION`.
+
+    ## Resources  ## TODO Update or remove
+
+    - Functional configuration examples (check `converge.yml` under each `molecule` scenario) -- [github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/tree/$RESOLVED_VERSION/molecule](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/tree/$RESOLVED_VERSION/molecule).
+    - Ansible Galaxy repository -- [galaxy.ansible.com/nginxinc/nginx](https://galaxy.ansible.com/nginxinc/nginx).
+    - NGINX Ansible role & collection introductory blog -- [nginx.com/blog/announcing-nginx-core-collection-ansible](https://www.nginx.com/blog/announcing-nginx-core-collection-ansible).
+    - NGINX: Better with Ansible demo -- [github.com/alessfg/nginx-ansible-demo](https://github.com/alessfg/nginx-ansible-demo).
diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
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----
-changelog:
-  exclude:
-    labels:
-      - skip-changelog
-  categories:
-    - title: 💣 Breaking Changes
-      labels:
-        - breaking change
-    - title: 🔔 Deprecation Warnings
-      labels:
-        - deprecation
-    - title: 🚀 Features
-      labels:
-        - enhancement
-    - title: 🐛 Bug Fixes
-      labels:
-        - bug
-    - title: 🧪 Tests
-      labels:
-        - tests
-    - title: 📝 Documentation
-      labels:
-        - documentation
-    - title: ⬆️ Dependencies
-      labels:
-        - dependencies
-    - title: 🔨 Maintenance
-      labels:
-        - chore
-    - title: Other Changes
-      labels:
-        - "*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+---
+name: Release Drafter
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  # pull_request_target event is required for autolabeler to support PRs from forks
+  pull_request_target:
+    # Only following types are handled by the action, but one can default to all as well
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+permissions: read-all
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      # write permission is required to create a github release
+      contents: write
+      # write permission is required for autolabeler
+      # otherwise, read permission is required at least
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Run Release Drafter
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@3f0f87098bd6b5c5b9a36d49c41d998ea58f9348 # v6.0.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}