diff --git a/.github/actions/validate-pr-title/action.yml b/.github/actions/validate-pr-title/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9eafe9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/validate-pr-title/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: 'Validate PR Title'
+description: 'Validates that PR titles follow conventional commit format with custom types'
+inputs:
+  title:
+    description: 'PR title to validate'
+    required: true
+outputs:
+  valid:
+    description: 'Whether the title is valid'
+    value: ${{ steps.validate.outputs.valid }}
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Validate PR title
+      id: validate
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        title="${{ inputs.title }}"
+
+        # Define allowed types
+        allowed_types="feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|perf|test|build|ci|chore|deps"
+
+        # Check if title matches conventional commit format
+        if echo "$title" | grep -qE "^($allowed_types)(\(.+\))?!?: .+"; then
+          echo "valid=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "✅ PR title is valid: $title"
+        else
+          echo "valid=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "❌ PR title is invalid: $title"
+          echo ""
+          echo "Expected format: <type>[optional scope]: <description>"
+          echo ""
+          echo "Allowed types: $allowed_types"
+          echo ""
+          echo "Examples:"
+          echo "  feat: add new feature"
+          echo "  fix: resolve bug"
+          echo "  deps: update dependencies"
+          echo "  chore: update CI configuration"
+          exit 1
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 2e5f32d5..1227adb8 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "build"
+      prefix: "deps"
       include: "scope"
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     # Workflow files stored in the default location of `.github/workflows`. (You don't need to specify `/.github/workflows` for `directory`. You can use `directory: "/"`.)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
index ec1d4145..4e2c6706 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate PR title
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v6
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Validate PR title
+        uses: ./.github/actions/validate-pr-title
+        with:
+          title: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 10ff937d..223cb0fd 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -5,11 +5,5 @@
       "release-type": "node",
       "package-name": "5e-database"
     }
-  },
-  "changelog-sections": [
-    {
-      "type": "build",
-      "section": "Dependencies"
-    }
-  ]
+  }
 }