diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index a2a9d3944..65967b61c 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
   "extends": ["config:recommended", ":automergeMinor", ":disableDependencyDashboard"],
-  "commitMessageAction": "chore(deps): update",
   "commitMessagePrefix": "⬆️",
+  "commitMessageAction": "chore(deps): update",
+  "commitMessageTopic": "{{{depName}}}",
   "labels": ["dependencies"],
+  "git-submodules": {
+    "enabled": true
+  },
   "packageRules": [
     {
       "updateTypes": ["pin"],
@@ -16,6 +20,10 @@
     {
       "updateTypes": ["rollback"],
       "commitMessagePrefix": "⬇️"
+    },
+    {
+      "matchFileNames": ["scripts/release/**"],
+      "automerge": true
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fc8561ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "scripts/release"]
+	path = scripts/release
+	url = https://github.com/welpo/release.git
diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..ce09cfa38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ce09cfa381fd57703a90bd045c410e76c7970f9f