diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ae908bbe3..0000000000
--- a/.github/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes#configuring-automatically-generated-release-notes
-changelog:
-  exclude:
-    labels:
-      - internal
-      - documentation
-  categories:
-    - title: Breaking Changes
-      labels:
-        - breaking
-    - title: Rules
-      labels:
-        - rule
-    - title: Settings
-      labels:
-        - configuration
-        - cli
-    - title: Bug Fixes
-      labels:
-        - bug
-    - title: Formatter
-      labels:
-        - formatter
-    - title: Preview
-      labels:
-        - preview
-    - title: Other Changes
-      labels:
-        - "*"
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 39f7cfc15f..6f940ce73b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -315,9 +315,18 @@ even patch releases may contain [non-backwards-compatible changes](https://semve
 
 ### Creating a new release
 
-1. Update the version with `rg 0.0.269 --files-with-matches | xargs sed -i 's/0.0.269/0.0.270/g'`
-1. Update `BREAKING_CHANGES.md`
-1. Create a PR with the version and `BREAKING_CHANGES.md` updated
+We use an experimental in-house tool for managing releases.
+
+1. Install `rooster`: `pip install git+https://github.com/zanieb/rooster@main`
+1. Run `rooster release`; this command will:
+    - Generate a changelog entry in `CHANGELOG.md`
+    - Update versions in `pyproject.toml` and `Cargo.toml`
+    - Update references to versions in the `README.md` and documentation
+1. The changelog should then be editorialized for consistency
+    - Often labels will be missing from pull requests they will need to be manually organized into the proper section
+    - Changes should be edited to be user-facing descriptions, avoiding internal details
+1. Highlight any breaking changes in `BREAKING_CHANGES.md`
+1. Create a pull request with the changelog and version updates
 1. Merge the PR
 1. Run the release workflow with the version number (without starting `v`) as input. Make sure
     main has your merged PR as last commit
@@ -330,7 +339,11 @@ even patch releases may contain [non-backwards-compatible changes](https://semve
     1. Attach artifacts to draft GitHub release
     1. Trigger downstream repositories. This can fail non-catastrophically, as we can run any
         downstream jobs manually if needed.
-1. Create release notes in GitHub UI and promote from draft.
+1. Publish the GitHub release
+    1. Open the draft release in the GitHub release section
+    1. Copy the changelog for the release into the GitHub release
+        - See previous releases for formatting of section headers
+    1. Generate the contributor list with `rooster contributors` and add to the release notes
 1. If needed, [update the schemastore](https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff/blob/main/scripts/update_schemastore.py)
 1. If needed, update the `ruff-lsp` and `ruff-vscode` repositories.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7fb6358ce8..1c717c9e9b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,3 +69,32 @@ force-exclude = '''
   | crates/ruff_python_formatter/resources
 )/
 '''
+
+[tool.rooster]
+major_labels = []  # Ruff never uses the major version number
+minor_labels = ["breaking"]   # Bump the minor version on breaking changes
+
+changelog_ignore_labels = ["internal"]
+
+changelog_sections.breaking = "Breaking changes"
+changelog_sections.preview = "Preview features"
+changelog_sections.rule = "Rule changes"
+changelog_sections.formatter = "Formatter"
+changelog_sections.cli = "CLI"
+changelog_sections.configuration = "Configuration"
+changelog_sections.bug = "Bug fixes"
+changelog_sections.__unknown__ = "Other changes"
+
+# We exclude contributors from the CHANGELOG file
+# Generate separately with `rooster contributors` for the GitHub release page
+changelog_contributors = false
+
+version_files = [
+  "README.md", 
+  "docs/integrations.md",
+  "crates/flake8_to_ruff/Cargo.toml",
+  "crates/ruff_cli/Cargo.toml",
+  "crates/ruff_linter/Cargo.toml",
+  "crates/ruff_shrinking/Cargo.toml",
+  "scripts/benchmarks/pyproject.toml",
+]