diff --git a/.changeset/free-eggs-fold.md b/.changeset/free-eggs-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d05dbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/free-eggs-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'dropin-template': patch
+---
+
+Fixes the Provider to merge user-provided langDefinitions with the drop-in's default definitions, enabling label/placeholder overrides via the initializer API.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-check-changeset.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-check-changeset.yaml
index 19ddf30..5fdf6f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-check-changeset.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-check-changeset.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-changeset:
-    name: Check Changeset
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
       !github.event.pull_request.draft &&
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a1a9e95..6c8d2a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -43,15 +42,18 @@ jobs:
             echo "has_changes=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
 
-      - name: Commit and push
+      - name: Commit
         if: steps.check.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         run: |
           git add -A
           git commit -m "chore: bump version"
-          git push origin HEAD
 
       - name: Run changeset tag
+        if: steps.check.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         run: npx changeset tag
 
-      - name: Push tags
-        run: git push --tags
+      - name: Push commit and tags
+        if: steps.check.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        run: |
+          git push origin HEAD
+          git push --tags
diff --git a/src/render/Provider.tsx b/src/render/Provider.tsx
index a69c26b..0db09db 100644
--- a/src/render/Provider.tsx
+++ b/src/render/Provider.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { useState, useEffect } from 'preact/hooks';
 import { UIProvider } from '@adobe-commerce/elsie/components';
 import { Lang } from '@adobe-commerce/elsie/i18n';
 import { events } from '@adobe-commerce/event-bus';
+import { deepmerge } from '@adobe-commerce/elsie/lib';
+import { config } from '@/dropin-name/api';
 
 import en_US from '../i18n/en_US.json';
 
@@ -11,11 +13,11 @@ const langDefinitions = {
   default: en_US,
 };
 
-interface CartProviderProps {
+interface ProviderProps {
   children?: any;
 }
 
-export const Provider: FunctionComponent<CartProviderProps> = ({
+export const Provider: FunctionComponent<ProviderProps> = ({
   children,
 }) => {
   const [lang, setLang] = useState<Lang>('en_US');
@@ -34,8 +36,12 @@ export const Provider: FunctionComponent<CartProviderProps> = ({
     };
   }, []);
 
+  const userLangDefinitions = config.getConfig()?.langDefinitions;
+
+  const definitions = deepmerge(langDefinitions, userLangDefinitions ?? {});
+
   return (
-    <UIProvider lang={lang} langDefinitions={langDefinitions}>
+    <UIProvider lang={lang} langDefinitions={definitions}>
       {children}
     </UIProvider>
   );
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index b311de0..6995d6b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "outDir": "dist",
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
-      "@adobe-commerce/elsie/*": ["./node_modules/@adobe-commerce/elsie/src/*"]
+      "@adobe-commerce/elsie/*": ["./node_modules/@adobe-commerce/elsie/src/*"],
+      "@/dropin-name/*": ["./src/*"]
     }
   },
   "include": ["src"],