diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index ce44c59..ff5619c 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ Required: paste the contents of job_bundle_output_tests/test-job-bundle-results.
 ### Was this change documented?
 
 ### Is this a breaking change?
+
+----
+
+*By submitting this pull request, I confirm that you can use, modify, copy, and redistribute this contribution, under the terms of your choice.*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_bump.yml b/.github/workflows/release_bump.yml
index d07016f..f36f728 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_bump.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           # Run semantic-release to generate new changelog
           pip install --upgrade hatch
           hatch env create release
+          hatch run release:deps
           NEXT_SEMVER=$(hatch run release:bump $BUMP_ARGS)
 
           # Grab the new version's changelog and prepend it to the original changelog contents
diff --git a/hatch.toml b/hatch.toml
index 9277c3b..9544fd5 100644
--- a/hatch.toml
+++ b/hatch.toml
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ test = "pytest --no-cov {args:test/*/e2e}"
 
 [envs.release]
 detached = true
-dependencies = [
-  "python-semantic-release == 8.7.*"
-]
 
 [envs.release.scripts]
+deps = "pip install -r requirements-release.txt"
 bump = "semantic-release -v --strict version --no-push --no-commit --no-tag --skip-build {args}"
 version = "semantic-release -v --strict version --print {args}"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b6a7644..fc69681 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
+description = "The submitter and adaptor to enable Maya support for AWS Deadline Cloud"
+# https://pypi.org/classifiers/
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+  "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+  "Operating System :: MacOS",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop"
+]
 
 dependencies = [
     "deadline == 0.45.*",
diff --git a/requirements-release.txt b/requirements-release.txt
index 2f7766c..5ea2fe3 100644
--- a/requirements-release.txt
+++ b/requirements-release.txt
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-# HACK: This file solely exists for dependabot checks. The actual dependencies are in `hatch.toml` in the `release` environment.
-# If dependabot opens a PR that modifies this file, please make sure to update the coresponding dependency in `hatch.toml` as well.
-python-semantic-release == 8.7.*
\ No newline at end of file
+python-semantic-release == 9.3.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-testing.txt b/requirements-testing.txt
index c547f97..38bc381 100644
--- a/requirements-testing.txt
+++ b/requirements-testing.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-deadline-cloud-test-fixtures == 0.5.*
 coverage[toml] == 7.*
 pytest == 8.*
 pytest-cov == 5.*