diff --git a/.projen/tasks.json b/.projen/tasks.json
index b4eb44e..32cb622 100644
--- a/.projen/tasks.json
+++ b/.projen/tasks.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
         "CHANGELOG": "dist/changelog.md",
         "BUMPFILE": "dist/version.txt",
         "RELEASETAG": "dist/releasetag.txt",
-        "RELEASE_TAG_PREFIX": ""
+        "RELEASE_TAG_PREFIX": "",
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep '^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+'"
       },
       "steps": [
         {
@@ -255,7 +256,8 @@
         "CHANGELOG": "dist/changelog.md",
         "BUMPFILE": "dist/version.txt",
         "RELEASETAG": "dist/releasetag.txt",
-        "RELEASE_TAG_PREFIX": ""
+        "RELEASE_TAG_PREFIX": "",
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep '^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+'"
       },
       "steps": [
         {
diff --git a/.projenrc.ts b/.projenrc.ts
index 2c9bc9e..ab9da13 100644
--- a/.projenrc.ts
+++ b/.projenrc.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { awscdk } from "projen";
+import { ReleasableCommits, awscdk } from "projen";
 import { ProseWrap } from "projen/lib/javascript";
 
 const project = new awscdk.AwsCdkConstructLibrary({
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const project = new awscdk.AwsCdkConstructLibrary({
 
   jsiiVersion: "~5.0.0",
 
+  releasableCommits: ReleasableCommits.featuresAndFixes(), // don't release "chore" commits
   python: {
     distName: "cdk-circleci-oidc",
     module: "cdk_circleci_oidc",