diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 0cda1e8fa5e..f0ff055c0c7 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -1,51 +1,46 @@
+# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
+
+# The lines below are called `modelines`. See `:help modeline`
+# Feel free to remove those if you don't want/need to use them.
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
+
+version: 2
+
 before:
   hooks:
+    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
     - go mod tidy
+    # you may remove this if you don't need go generate
+    - go generate ./...
+
 builds:
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     goos:
-      - darwin
       - linux
       - windows
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-      - '386'
-      - arm64
-      - arm
-      - riscv64
-    goarm:
-      - '6'
-      - '7'
-    ignore:
-      - goos: windows
-        goarm: '6'
-checksum:
-  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+      - darwin
+
 archives:
-  - name_template: >-
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of `uname`.
+    name_template: >-
       {{ .ProjectName }}_
       {{- title .Os }}_
       {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
       {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
       {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
       {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+    # use zip for windows archives
     format_overrides:
       - goos: windows
         format: zip
+
 changelog:
-  groups:
-    - title: 'New Features'
-      regexp: "^.*feat[(\\w)]*:+.*$"
-      order: 0
-    - title: 'Bug fixes'
-      regexp: "^.*fix[(\\w)]*:+.*$"
-      order: 1
-    - title: 'Documentation updates'
-      regexp: "^.*docs[(\\w)]*:+.*$"
-      order: 2
-    - title: 'Other'
-      order: 999
-release:
-  prerelease: auto
-  mode: append
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - "^docs:"
+      - "^test:"