diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
index 358c1e361..dadabab91 100644
--- a/.release-please-config.json
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "draft": false,
   "prerelease": false,
   "separate-pull-requests": false,
+  "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release ${version}",
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "package-name": "headroom-ai",