diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bd8d25f..729d119 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
-name: Release
+name: Publish Release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: "Release version (e.g. 1.1.0)"
+        description: 'Version to release'
         required: true
       after-version:
-        description: "Next snapshot version (e.g. 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT)"
+        description: 'Snapshot version after release'
         required: true
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
 jobs:
   set-release-version:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/set-version.yml
@@ -22,28 +19,36 @@ jobs:
   build:
     needs: set-release-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+      - name: Set up Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: '21'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build
 
-      - run: ./gradlew build
-
-      - name: Generate changelog
+      - name: Build Changelog
         id: changelog
         uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v6
         with:
-          commitMode: true
+          mode: COMMIT
+          toTag: ${{ github.ref }}
           configurationJson: |
             {
+              "template": "#{{CHANGELOG}}",
+              "commit_template": "- [`#{{SHORT_MERGE_SHA}}`](https://github.com/#{{OWNER}}/#{{REPO}}/commit/#{{MERGE_SHA}}) #{{TITLE}}",
               "categories": [
                 { "title": "## Features", "labels": ["feat", "feature"] },
                 { "title": "## Fixes", "labels": ["fix", "bug"] },
@@ -53,16 +58,14 @@ jobs:
                 { "title": "## Build", "labels": ["build", "chore", "ci"] },
                 { "title": "## Other", "labels": [] }
               ],
+              "empty_template": "no changes",
               "label_extractor": [
                 {
-                  "pattern": "^(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test)(\\([\\w\\-\\.]+\\))?(!)?: ([\\w ])+([\\s\\S]*)",
+                  "pattern": "^(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test){1}(\\([\\w\\-\\.]+\\))?(!)?: ([\\w ])+([\\s\\S]*)",
                   "on_property": "title",
-                  "method": "match",
                   "target": "$1"
                 }
               ],
-              "template": "#{{CHANGELOG}}",
-              "pr_template": "- [`#{{SHORT_MERGE_SHA}}`](https://github.com/#{{OWNER}}/#{{REPO}}/commit/#{{MERGE_SHA}}) #{{TITLE}}",
               "custom_placeholders": [
                 {
                   "name": "SHORT_MERGE_SHA",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/set-version.yml b/.github/workflows/set-version.yml
index d5e6e70..fe35d3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/set-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/set-version.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
-name: Set Version
+name: set-version
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: "Version to set (e.g. 1.1.0 or 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT)"
+        description: 'Version to set'
         required: true
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: "Version to set"
         required: true
         type: string
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
 jobs:
   set-version:
+    name: Set Version
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.ref }}
 
-      - name: Set version
+      - name: Set Version
         run: sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"${{ inputs.version }}\"/" build.gradle.kts
 
-      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
+      - name: Commit Version
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
         with:
-          commit_message: "chore(release): bump version to ${{ inputs.version }}"
+          commit_message: 'chore(release): bump version to ${{ inputs.version }}'