diff --git a/.changeset/headless-documents-initial.md b/.changeset/headless-documents-initial.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e304a898..00000000
--- a/.changeset/headless-documents-initial.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"@wpengine/headless-documents-wordpress-plugin": minor
----
-
-feat: initial release of Headless Documents, a versioned JSON document store with REST routes that reject stale writes with a 409.
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yaml b/.github/dependabot.yaml
index a63240a4..f75d17a6 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yaml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      prefix-development: "chore(deps-dev)"
 
   # composer (plugins)
   - package-ecosystem: "composer"
@@ -17,6 +20,9 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      prefix-development: "chore(deps-dev)"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "composer"
     directory: "/plugins/hwp-cli"
@@ -25,6 +31,9 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      prefix-development: "chore(deps-dev)"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "composer"
     directory: "/plugins/hwp-previews"
@@ -33,6 +42,9 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      prefix-development: "chore(deps-dev)"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "composer"
     directory: "/plugins/wpgraphql-debug-extensions"
@@ -41,6 +53,9 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      prefix-development: "chore(deps-dev)"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "composer"
     directory: "/plugins/wpgraphql-logging"
@@ -49,6 +64,9 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      prefix-development: "chore(deps-dev)"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "composer"
     directory: "/plugins/wpgraphql-webhooks"
@@ -57,6 +75,9 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      prefix-development: "chore(deps-dev)"
 
   # docker (Dockerfiles)
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/get_plugin_slug.sh b/.github/scripts/get_plugin_slug.sh
index 096dfd9b..2035c0f1 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/get_plugin_slug.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/get_plugin_slug.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ HEAD_SHA="$2"
 git fetch --prune --unshallow 2>/dev/null || git fetch --prune
 
 # Get changed files in plugins subdirectories
-if [ "$BASE_SHA" = "release" ] || [ "$BASE_SHA" = "main" ]; then
+if [ "$BASE_SHA" = "main" ]; then
   CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD | grep '^plugins/[^/]\+/' || true)
 else
   CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only "$BASE_SHA" "$HEAD_SHA" | grep '^plugins/[^/]\+/' || true)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
index 3a8cc8fd..93ce56d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           # fix:      A bug fix
           # perf:     A code change that improves performance
           # refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
-          # release:  Used for release PRs/commits
           # revert:   Reverts a previous commit
           # style:    Changes that don't affect the meaning of the code (formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
           # test:     Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
             fix
             perf
             refactor
-            release
             revert
             style
             test
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f03923cb..285e5d59 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ We're using [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) to orga
 # fix:      A bug fix
 # perf:     A code change that improves performance
 # refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
-# release:  Used for release PRs/commits
 # revert:   Reverts a previous commit
 # style:    Changes that don't affect the meaning of the code (formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
 # test:     Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests