diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
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+# .github/release.yml
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - release-note/ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - octocat
+  categories:
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - release-note/new-feature
+    - title: Enhancement 🚀
+      labels:
+        - release-note/enhancement
+    - title: Component updates ⬆️
+      labels:
+        - release-note/update
+    - title: Docs update 🗄️
+      labels:
+        - release-note/docs
+    - title: Community update 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏾
+      labels:
+        - release-note/community
+
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - release-note/breaking-change
+
+    - title: Deprecations ❌
+      labels:
+        - release-note/deprecation
+
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/label_check.yaml b/.github/workflows/label_check.yaml
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+name: Release Note Label Check
+
+# Trigger the workflow on pull requests only
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, labeled, unlabeled, synchronize]
+
+env:
+  GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org/
+  SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+jobs:
+  # Ensures correct release-note labels are set:
+  # - At least one label
+  # - At most one two the main category labels
+  check-label:
+    name: Check release-note label set
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: mheap/github-action-required-labels@v1
+        with:
+          mode: minimum
+          count: 1
+          labels: "release-note/ignore-for-release, release-note/new-feature, release-note/update, release-note/enhancement, release-note/community, release-note/breaking-change, release-note/docs, release-note/infra, release-note/deprecation"