Maven plugin which wraps jfiglet to allow execution for "reasons", maybe you could include the a version number figlet'd in your release notes.
$ mvn io.github.mcwarman:jfiglet-maven-plugin:0.0.3-SNAPSHOT:generate -Dmessage="jfiglet-maven-plugin"
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
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[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
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[INFO] --- jfiglet-maven-plugin:0.0.3-SNAPSHOT:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
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(_)/ _(_) __ _| | ___| |_ _ __ ___ __ ___ _____ _ __ _ __ | |_ _ __ _(_)_ __
| | |_| |/ _` | |/ _ \ __|____| '_ ` _ \ / _` \ \ / / _ \ '_ \ _____| '_ \| | | | |/ _` | | '_ \
| | _| | (_| | | __/ ||_____| | | | | | (_| |\ V / __/ | | |_____| |_) | | |_| | (_| | | | | |
_/ |_| |_|\__, |_|\___|\__| |_| |_| |_|\__,_| \_/ \___|_| |_| | .__/|_|\__,_|\__, |_|_| |_|
|__/ |___/ |_| |___/
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[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
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[INFO] Total time: 0.262 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2022-04-20T18:08:04+01:00
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git flow release start 0.0.3
mvn versions:set -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DnewVersion=0.0.3
git commit -a -m "Increment release [0.0.3]"
git flow release finish 0.0.3
mvn versions:set -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DnewVersion=0.0.4-SNAPSHOT
git commit -a -m "Increment snapshot release [0.0.4-SNAPSHOT]"
git push --mirror