diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 36a0b4a127..8c90320dbe 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ before:
     # you may remove this if you don't need go generate
     - go generate ./...
 
+metadata:
+  mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
+
 builds:
   - id: lavavisor
     binary: lavavisor
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ builds:
     flags:
       - -mod=readonly
       - -trimpath
+    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
   
   - id: lavad
     binary: lavad
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ builds:
     tags:
       - netgo
       - ledger
+    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
 
   - id: lavap
     binary: lavap
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ builds:
     flags:
       - -mod=readonly
       - -trimpath
+    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
 
 archives:
   - id: lavavisor
@@ -132,34 +138,44 @@ archives:
         format: zip
 
 checksum:
-  name_template: '{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_checksums.txt'
+  name_template: "sha256sum.txt"
   algorithm: sha256
 
 changelog:
   use:
     github
   sort: asc
-  abbrev: 0
-  groups: # Regex use RE2 syntax as defined here: https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax.
-    - title: 'Features'
-      regexp: '^.*?feat(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+  groups:
+    - title: Dependency updates
+      regexp: '^.*?(feat|fix|chore)\(deps\)!?:.+$'
+      order: 300
+    - title: "New Features"
+      regexp: '^.*?feat(\(.+\))??!?:.+$'
       order: 100
-    - title: 'Bug fixes'
-      regexp: '^.*?fix(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+    - title: "Security updates"
+      regexp: '^.*?sec(\(.+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 150
+    - title: "Bug fixes"
+      regexp: '^.*?(fix|refactor)(\(.+\))??!?:.+$'
       order: 200
-    - title: 'Documentation'
-      regexp: '^.*?docs(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
-      order: 300
-    - title: 'Dependency updates'
-      regexp: '^.*?(feat|fix|chore)\(deps?.+\)!?:.+$'
+    - title: "Documentation updates"
+      regexp: ^.*?docs?(\(.+\))??!?:.+$
+      order: 400
+    - title: "Build process updates"
+      regexp: ^.*?(build|ci)(\(.+\))??!?:.+$
       order: 400
-    - title: 'Other work'
-      order: 999
+    - title: Other work
+      order: 9999
   filters:
     exclude:
-      - '^test:'
-      - '^.*?Bump(\([[:word:]]+\))?.+$'
-      - '^.*?[Bot](\([[:word:]]+\))?.+$'
+      - "^test:"
+      - "^test\\("
+      - "^chore"
+      - "merge conflict"
+      - Merge pull request
+      - Merge remote-tracking branch
+      - Merge branch
+      - go mod tidy
 
 release:
   github: