diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 597dfc40..91d3d1e3 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    labels: ["type: dependency-upgrade"]
     groups:
        development-dependencies:
          update-types: ["patch"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-finalize-release.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-finalize-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 719f1930..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-finalize-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Finalize Release Manually
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      milestone:
-        description: 'Milestone title, e.g 3.0.0-M1, 3.1.0-RC1, 3.2.0 etc.'
-
-jobs:
-  finalize-release:
-    permissions:
-      actions: write
-      contents: write
-
-    uses: artembilan/spring-github-workflows/.github/workflows/spring-finalize-release.yml@main
-    with:
-      milestone: ${{ inputs.milestone }}
-    secrets:
-      GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
-      SPRING_RELEASE_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SPRING_RELEASE_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b7613fde..0988fc9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: write
       contents: write
+      issues: write
 
     uses: artembilan/spring-github-workflows/.github/workflows/spring-artifactory-gradle-release.yml@main
     secrets: