diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 39c8c04..a124d74 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "tests.settings"
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
 assets = []
-commit_message = "{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
+commit_message = "chore(release): {version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
 commit_parser = "angular"
 logging_use_named_masks = false
 major_on_zero = true