diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6be9a36..47278b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      released: ${{ steps.release.outputs.released }}
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-release-${{ github.ref_name }}
       cancel-in-progress: false
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ed5055a..d56c8d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,18 +72,10 @@ requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-packages = ["src/linkup"]
-
-[tool.semantic_release.changelog.default_templates]
-changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"
-
-[tool.semantic_release.commit_parser_options]
-minor_tags = ["feat"]
-patch_tags = ["fix", "perf"]
+packages = ["src/linkup"] # Because project and source code directory names differ
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
-commit_message = "{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
-commit_parser = "conventional"
+commit_message = "chore: release v{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release\n\n[skip ci]" # [skip ci] is needed to recursively calling the release CI
 allow_zero_version = true
 major_on_zero = false
 build_command = """