diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32727946..dbaf0dac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ target/
 *.orig
 .springBeans
 credentials.yml
+changelog.txt
diff --git a/application.yml b/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b44d572f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+changelog:
+  repository: spring-projects/spring-hateoas
+  sections:
+  - title: ":star: New Features"
+    labels: ["type: new feature"]
+  - title: ":bulb: Improvements"
+    labels: ["type: enhancement"]
+  - title: ":beetle: Bugs"
+    labels: ["type: bug"]
+  - title: ":book: Documentation"
+    labels: ["in: documentation"]
+  - title: ":hammer: Dependency Upgrades"
+    labels: ["type: dependency-upgrade"]