diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
index 46dfd5b..3ede951 100644
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # see https://github.com/jenkinsci/.github/blob/master/.github/release-drafter.adoc
-_extends: .github
+_extends: github:jenkinsci/.github:/.github/release-drafter.yml
 version-template: $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH
 name-template: $NEXT_PATCH_VERSION
 tag-template: plot-$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index c0689e5..69c26da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7
         with:
           publish: ${{ contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[maven-release-plugin] prepare release') }}
         env: