diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 084b391bb..46a3e013d 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@
         "@cloudflare/vite-plugin"
       ],
       "groupName": "cloudflare-workers-tooling"
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@10 requires conventional-changelog-writer@9, which semantic-release@25's bundled @semantic-release/release-notes-generator@14 does not resolve; hold on 9.x until semantic-release ships a compatible generator",
+      "matchPackageNames": [
+        "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits"
+      ],
+      "allowedVersions": "<10"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 015add300..ebda34219 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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         "@semantic-release/git": "^11.0.1",
         "@semantic-release/github": "^12.0.9",
-        "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^10.4.0",
+        "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.3.1",
         "semantic-release": "25.0.9",
         "semantic-release-major-tag": "^0.3.2",
         "semantic-release-monorepo": "^8.0.2",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
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         "@types/node": "^26.4.0",
         "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.1.11",
-        "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^10.4.0",
+        "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.3.1",
         "playwright": "1.61.1",
         "semantic-release": "25.0.9",
         "semantic-release-major-tag": "^0.3.2",
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@
 
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-    "@conventional-changelog/template": ["@conventional-changelog/template@1.4.0", "", {}, "sha512-aalGyl7dbB5PArRebDIX43ZvBlXrYm9uWzGJ26t+4SzJVPsOuvfILGGbw5X4yX7i50YEmJ8zvbiWnqH/AAnZqg=="],
-
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@@ -621,7 +619,7 @@
 
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+    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": ["conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@9.3.1", "", { "dependencies": { "compare-func": "^2.0.0" } }, "sha512-dTYtpIacRpcZgrvBYvBfArMmK2xvIpv2TaxM0/ZI5CBtNUzvF2x0t15HsbRABWprS6UPmvj+PzHVjSx4qAVKyw=="],
 
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diff --git a/bun.nix b/bun.nix
index e293d5048..8356d4adf 100644
--- a/bun.nix
+++ b/bun.nix
@@ -305,10 +305,6 @@
     url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@colors/colors/-/colors-1.5.0.tgz";
     hash = "sha512-ooWCrlZP11i8GImSjTHYHLkvFDP48nS4+204nGb1RiX/WXYHmJA2III9/e2DWVabCESdW7hBAEzHRqUn9OUVvQ==";
   };
-  "@conventional-changelog/template@1.4.0" = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@conventional-changelog/template/-/template-1.4.0.tgz";
-    hash = "sha512-aalGyl7dbB5PArRebDIX43ZvBlXrYm9uWzGJ26t+4SzJVPsOuvfILGGbw5X4yX7i50YEmJ8zvbiWnqH/AAnZqg==";
-  };
   "@cspotcode/source-map-support@0.8.1" = fetchurl {
     url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cspotcode/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.8.1.tgz";
     hash = "sha512-IchNf6dN4tHoMFIn/7OE8LWZ19Y6q/67Bmf6vnGREv8RSbBVb9LPJxEcnwrcwX6ixSvaiGoomAUvu4YSxXrVgw==";
@@ -1562,9 +1558,9 @@
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     hash = "sha512-GGf2Nipn1RUCAktxuVauVr1e3r8QrLP/B0lEUsFktmGqc3ddbQkhoJZHJctVU829U1c6mTSWftrVOCHaL85Q3w==";
   };
-  "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@10.4.0" = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits/-/conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits-10.4.0.tgz";
-    hash = "sha512-Rriac6ZrAlVm6cy9Bz4NSp+WMHpwNXoPIYex+HjCgduAVUSbnew29DQjQw0C4g9u3HtSYzGiGY+pdBXAZo+4aA==";
+  "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@9.3.1" = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits/-/conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits-9.3.1.tgz";
+    hash = "sha512-dTYtpIacRpcZgrvBYvBfArMmK2xvIpv2TaxM0/ZI5CBtNUzvF2x0t15HsbRABWprS6UPmvj+PzHVjSx4qAVKyw==";
   };
   "conventional-changelog-writer@8.2.0" = fetchurl {
     url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog-writer/-/conventional-changelog-writer-8.2.0.tgz";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9f4f0f6d..208263d49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "^7.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/git": "^11.0.1",
     "@semantic-release/github": "^12.0.9",
-    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^10.4.0",
+    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.3.1",
     "semantic-release": "25.0.9",
     "semantic-release-major-tag": "^0.3.2",
     "semantic-release-monorepo": "^8.0.2"
diff --git a/packages/docs/package.json b/packages/docs/package.json
index 010d3c6b8..de7572e13 100644
--- a/packages/docs/package.json
+++ b/packages/docs/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
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     "@types/node": "^26.4.0",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.1.11",
-    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^10.4.0",
+    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.3.1",
     "playwright": "1.61.1",
     "semantic-release": "25.0.9",
     "semantic-release-major-tag": "^0.3.2",