diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f13b55a4e290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      -dependencies
+    authors:
+      - selenium-ci
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 2c2f111c27b98..d21056870ba50 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
   "extends": ["config:recommended"],
+  "labels": ["dependencies"],
   "packageRules": [
     {
       "matchPackageNames": ["bazel", "bazelisk"],
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
       "commitMessagePrefix": "[js]"
     },
     {
-      "matchPackageNames": ["pip_requreiements"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["pip_requirements"],
       "commitMessagePrefix": "[py]"
     },
     {