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 ## Releases
 
 Release pipeline is triggered on each PR merged to main. Depending on the commit message (see [Conventional Commit Message](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/)) a new github release will be created.
+If you need to force a minor version bump after maintenance-only changes (for example, Renovate dependency updates), create a PR with a `feat:` commit message.
 
 If the commit message starts with: