diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5f93000..dddfe6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [main, 'release-please--**']
   pull_request:
   workflow_call:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-title.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-title.yaml
index 3ca5139..8537600 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-title.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-title.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: PR Title
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['release-please--**']
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened]
 
@@ -9,7 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate conventional commit format
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v6
+      - if: ${{ github.event_name != 'push' }}
+        uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v6
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
@@ -25,3 +28,6 @@ jobs:
           requireScope: false
           subjectPattern: ^.+$
           subjectPatternError: "PR title must have a description after the type"
+
+      - if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        run: echo "Release Please PRs always use valid conventional commit format"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 35d5352..00311f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ jobs:
       release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
       tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
           config-file: .release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 
   publish:
     name: Build & publish to PyPI
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5f5c1f2..2dbf4d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ include = ["src/fluxopt_plot/", "LICENSE", "README.md"]
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
+    "fluxopt @ git+https://github.com/FBumann/fluxopt.git",
     "mypy==1.19.1",
     "pre-commit==4.5.1",
     "pytest==9.0.2",