diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
index 0d0b1c9..67f4c57 100644
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -1 +1,17 @@
+# Configuration for Release Drafter: https://github.com/toolmantim/release-drafter
 _extends: .github
+
+# Override the template to include default tool versions
+template: |
+  <!-- Optional: add a release summary here -->
+
+  ## Default Clang Tools Versions for this release
+
+  - **clang-format**: `$CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION`
+  - **clang-tidy**: `$CLANG_TIDY_VERSION`
+
+  You can override the default versions by adding the `--version` argument under `args` in your pre-commit configuration. For details, see [Custom Clang Tool Version](https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-hooks?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-clang-tool-version)
+
+  $CHANGES
+
+  **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/compare/$PREVIOUS_TAG...v$RESOLVED_VERSION
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index 2250d38..58cf6b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,42 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   draft-release:
-    uses: cpp-linter/.github/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@main
+    permissions:
+      # write permission is required to create a github release
+      contents: write
+      # write permission is required for autolabeler
+      # otherwise, read permission is required at least
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c  # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -e .
+
+      - name: Extract default tool versions
+        id: versions
+        run: |
+          CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION=$(python -c "from cpp_linter_hooks.util import DEFAULT_CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION; print(DEFAULT_CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION)")
+          CLANG_TIDY_VERSION=$(python -c "from cpp_linter_hooks.util import DEFAULT_CLANG_TIDY_VERSION; print(DEFAULT_CLANG_TIDY_VERSION)")
+          echo "CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION=$CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "CLANG_TIDY_VERSION=$CLANG_TIDY_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Default clang-format version: $CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION"
+          echo "Default clang-tidy version: $CLANG_TIDY_VERSION"
+
+      # Draft your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into the default branch
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@b1476f6e6eb133afa41ed8589daba6dc69b4d3f5 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          commitish: 'main'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION }}
+          CLANG_TIDY_VERSION: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.CLANG_TIDY_VERSION }}