diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index 896b484a0..48bc32e0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-name: Release Drafter
+name: Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 1-7 * 1'  # First Monday of every month at midnight UTC
+    - cron: '0 0 1-7 * 3'  # First Wednesday of every month at midnight UTC
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -12,11 +12,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Generate GitHub App token
+        id: app_token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: master
           fetch-depth: 0  # full history needed for git log/tags
+          token: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Get latest tag
         id: latest_tag
@@ -49,25 +57,46 @@ jobs:
           OA_VERSION=$(jq -r '.oaVersion' package.json)
           PREBID_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' package.json)
 
-          # Increment minor version (major.minor.patch → major.(minor+1).patch)
           MAJOR=$(echo "$OA_VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)
           MINOR=$(echo "$OA_VERSION" | cut -d. -f2)
           PATCH=$(echo "$OA_VERSION" | cut -d. -f3)
-          NEW_MINOR=$((MINOR + 1))
-          NEW_OA_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${NEW_MINOR}.${PATCH}"
 
-          # Write new version back to package.json
-          jq --arg v "$NEW_OA_VERSION" '.oaVersion = $v' package.json > package.tmp.json
-          mv package.tmp.json package.json
+          # Check if oaVersion differs between master and the last tagged commit
+          TAG="${{ steps.latest_tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
+            TAGGED_OA_VERSION=$(git show "$TAG":package.json | jq -r '.oaVersion')
+            echo "oaVersion on master: $OA_VERSION"
+            echo "oaVersion on last tag ($TAG): $TAGGED_OA_VERSION"
+          fi
+
+          if [ -n "$TAG" ] && [ "$OA_VERSION" != "$TAGGED_OA_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "oaVersion has been manually changed since last tag — skipping minor increment."
+            NEW_OA_VERSION="$OA_VERSION"
+
+            echo "version_bumped=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "oaVersion unchanged since last tag — incrementing minor."
+            NEW_MINOR=$((MINOR + 1))
+            NEW_OA_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${NEW_MINOR}.${PATCH}"
+
+            # Write new version back to package.json
+            jq --arg v "$NEW_OA_VERSION" '.oaVersion = $v' package.json > package.tmp.json
+            mv package.tmp.json package.json
+
+            echo "version_bumped=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
 
           echo "oa_version=$NEW_OA_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "prebid_version=$PREBID_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Commit incremented OA version
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true' && steps.versions.outputs.version_bumped == 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git"
           git add package.json
           git commit -m "chore: bump OpenAds version to ${{ steps.versions.outputs.oa_version }}"
           git push origin HEAD:master
@@ -78,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         id: commits
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           TAG="${{ steps.latest_tag.outputs.tag }}"
           REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
@@ -89,48 +118,43 @@ jobs:
             RANGE="$TAG..HEAD"
           fi
 
-          # Collect commits: "<sha> <subject>"
           LINES=""
-          while IFS= read -r line; do
-            SHA=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
-            SUBJECT=$(echo "$line" | cut -d' ' -f2-)
 
-            # Try to extract a PR number from the commit subject, e.g. "(#123)"
-            PR_NUM=$(echo "$SUBJECT" | grep -oP '#\K[0-9]+' | head -1)
+          while IFS= read -r -d $'\x00' commit; do
+            TITLE=$(echo "$commit" | awk -F'|SEP|' '{print $2}' | xargs -0| sed '/^$/d' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//')
+
+            # Try to extract a PR number from the title, e.g. "#123"
+            PR_NUM=$(echo "$TITLE" | grep -oP '#\K[0-9]+' | head -1)
 
             if [ -n "$PR_NUM" ]; then
+              # Remove the PR reference like "(#123)" from the title
+              BODY=$(echo "$TITLE" | sed "s/ *(#${PR_NUM}) *|//" | cut -c2-)
               PR_URL="https://github.com/$REPO/pull/$PR_NUM"
-              ENTRY="- [#${PR_NUM}](${PR_URL}) ${SUBJECT}"
-            else
-              SHORT_SHA="${SHA:0:7}"
-              COMMIT_URL="https://github.com/$REPO/commit/$SHA"
-              ENTRY="- [${SHORT_SHA}](${COMMIT_URL}) ${SUBJECT}"
+              ENTRY="- [#${PR_NUM}](${PR_URL}) ${BODY}"
+              LINES="${LINES}${ENTRY}"$'\n'
             fi
 
-            LINES="${LINES}${ENTRY}"$'\n'
-          done < <(git log "$RANGE" --pretty=format:"%H %s")
+          done < <(git log "$RANGE" --pretty=format:"%H|SEP|%s|SEP|%b%x00")
 
-          # Write to a file to safely pass multiline content
           echo "$LINES" > /tmp/commit_list.txt
           cat /tmp/commit_list.txt
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         if: steps.changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           OA_VERSION="${{ steps.versions.outputs.oa_version }}"
           PREBID_VERSION="${{ steps.versions.outputs.prebid_version }}"
           COMMIT_LIST=$(cat /tmp/commit_list.txt)
 
           {
-            echo "Including Prebid features up to v${PREBID_VERSION}: https://github.com/prebid/Prebid.js/releases/tag/${PREBID_VERSION}"
+            echo "Including Prebid features up to [v${PREBID_VERSION}](https://github.com/prebid/Prebid.js/releases/tag/${PREBID_VERSION})"
             echo ""
             echo "OpenAdsJs Changes"
             echo "${COMMIT_LIST}"
           } > /tmp/release_notes.md
 
-          gh release create "v${OA_VERSION}" \
-            --title "OpenAds ${OA_VERSION}" \
-            --notes-file /tmp/release_notes.md \
-            --target "oajs_v${{ steps.versions.outputs.oa_version }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+          gh release create "oajs_v${OA_VERSION}" \
+            --title "OpenAdsJs v${OA_VERSION}" \
+            --notes-file /tmp/release_notes.md
\ No newline at end of file