diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b20f603c8d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+---
+name-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+tag-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+change-template: "- $TITLE @$AUTHOR (#$NUMBER)"
+sort-direction: ascending
+
+categories:
+  - title: "🚨 Breaking changes"
+    labels:
+      - "breaking-change"
+      - "major"
+  - title: "✨ New features"
+    labels:
+      - "feature"
+      - "minor"
+  - title: "🐛 Bug fixes"
+    labels:
+      - "bugfix"
+  - title: "🧰 Maintenance"
+    collapse-after: 3
+    labels:
+      - "ci"
+      - "chore"
+      - "l10n"
+  - title: "📚 Documentation"
+    labels:
+      - "documentation"
+  - title: "⬆️ Dependency updates"
+    collapse-after: 3
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+
+version-resolver:
+  major:
+    labels:
+      - "major"
+      - "breaking-change"
+  minor:
+    labels:
+      - "minor"
+      - "feature"
+  patch:
+    labels:
+      - "bugfix"
+      - "chore"
+      - "ci"
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "documentation"
+      - "l10n"
+  default: patch
+
+template: |
+  # 🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴
+
+  $CHANGES
+
+  # 🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴🍴
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
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index 000000000000..1c8f998c9047
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - mealie-next
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      # write permission is required to create a github release
+      contents: write
+    name: ✏️ Draft release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 🚀 Run Release Drafter
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6.0.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 0866a74b62df..193449c7a07b 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
   ],
   "extends": [
     "config:base"
+  ],
+  "addLabels": [
+    "dependencies"
   ]
 }