diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 28d0e2e2..727c43b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         # see https://python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io/en/latest/automatic-releases/github-actions.html
         # see https://github.com/python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release
-        uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v9.1.1
+        uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v9.21.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           force: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_force }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d7aed922..d3c4e11e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ packages = [
 ]
 include = [
   # all is an object -> prevent parse issue with dependabot
-  { path="README.md", format =["sdist"] },
-  { path="tests", format=["sdist"] },
-  { path="CHANGELOG.md", format=["sdist"] },
-  { path="docs", format=["sdist"] },
+  { path = "README.md", format = ["sdist"] },
+  { path = "tests", format = ["sdist"] },
+  { path = "CHANGELOG.md", format = ["sdist"] },
+  { path = "docs", format = ["sdist"] },
 ]
 exclude = [
   "**/.*", # exclude dotfiles and dotfolders
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 keywords = [
   "OWASP", "CycloneDX",
-  "bill-of-materials", "BOM", "software-bill-of-materials","SBOM",
+  "bill-of-materials", "BOM", "software-bill-of-materials", "SBOM",
   "environment", "virtualenv", "venv", "Poetry", "Pipenv", "requirements", "PDM", "Conda",
   "SPDX", "licenses", "PURL", "package-url", "dependency-graph",
 ]
@@ -106,13 +106,18 @@ pdm = "^2.11"
 
 
 
-
 [tool.semantic_release]
 # see https://python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
+logging_use_named_masks = true
+commit_parser = "conventional"
+commit_parser_options = { parse_squash_commits = true, ignore_merge_commits = true }
 commit_author = "semantic-release <semantic-release@bot.local>"
 commit_message = "chore(release): {version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release\n\nSigned-off-by: semantic-release <semantic-release@bot.local>"
 upload_to_vcs_release = true
-build_command = "pip install poetry && poetry build"
+build_command = """
+  pip install poetry
+  poetry build
+"""
 version_toml = ["pyproject.toml:tool.poetry.version"]
 version_variables = [
   "cyclonedx_py/__init__.py:__version__",
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ dist_glob_patterns = ["dist/*"]
 upload_to_vcs_release = true
 
 [tool.semantic_release.changelog]
-changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"
+default_templates = { changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md" }
 exclude_commit_patterns = [
   '''chore(?:\([^)]*?\))?: .+''',
   '''ci(?:\([^)]*?\))?: .+''',