diff --git a/.github/workflows/conventional-pr-title-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/conventional-pr-title-checker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41730282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/conventional-pr-title-checker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Check PR title for conventional commits
+name: Check PR title
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
+
+# cancel redundant builds
+concurrency:
+  group: "title-checker-${{ github.head_ref }}"
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  title_check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index d3027d60..17eac39a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 name: release-please
+
 jobs:
   release-please:
-    name: "Release please"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           release-type: simple
-          package-name: kurtosis
-          include-v-in-tag: false