diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
index c068f2a4d..877f93c44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate PR title
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
+      pull-requests: read
     if: (github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target')
     steps:
       - id: validate-pr-title
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36f2c7934..81b474446 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 !/package.json
 !/LICENSE
 !/.npmignore
-logs
+/logs
 *.log
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
diff --git a/.projen/tasks.json b/.projen/tasks.json
index 1941e820c..8d8b86019 100644
--- a/.projen/tasks.json
+++ b/.projen/tasks.json
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@
         {
           "exec": "git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --exit-code"
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      "condition": "git log --oneline -1 | grep -v \"chore(release):\" > /dev/null"
     },
     "schemas": {
       "name": "schemas",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0217e9223..e2aca7738 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "organization": false
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cdk8s/projen-common": "^0.1.32",
+    "@cdk8s/projen-common": "^0.1.35",
     "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "^2",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8",
     "@types/jest": "^29",
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "fast-glob": "^3.3.3",
     "jest": "^29",
     "jest-junit": "^17",
-    "projen": "^0.103.27",
+    "projen": "^0.104.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "typescript": "~5.9",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7beadf256..855e11a70 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -270,12 +270,12 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bcoe/v8-coverage/-/v8-coverage-0.2.3.tgz#75a2e8b51cb758a7553d6804a5932d7aace75c39"
   integrity sha512-0hYQ8SB4Db5zvZB4axdMHGwEaQjkZzFjQiN9LVYvIFB2nSUHW9tYpxWriPrWDASIxiaXax83REcLxuSdnGPZtw==
 
-"@cdk8s/projen-common@^0.1.32":
-  version "0.1.32"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cdk8s/projen-common/-/projen-common-0.1.32.tgz#32e60ea1b7546beeef63b39f967057f15c58df06"
-  integrity sha512-H24N19wsDhfFvK+YVprvAQecg71B0BzoS30570eh818/trqiz670LvBUcWn/eFORrJlF3pRjFRCaojyg60F59A==
+"@cdk8s/projen-common@^0.1.35":
+  version "0.1.35"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cdk8s/projen-common/-/projen-common-0.1.35.tgz#2b34eb494869e95137887b76f14532b3f0d7e129"
+  integrity sha512-HasGdFwUQFVlsggOst2QYNcl1X82e65OhghPX0+yOyCv5YCAsv3Hc66IgalbTiUDx6l5gjBNihh6D1X4XZur2Q==
   dependencies:
-    codemaker "^1.140.0"
+    codemaker "^1.141.0"
     deepmerge "^4.3.1"
 
 "@conventional-changelog/git-client@3.1.0":
@@ -1532,6 +1532,15 @@ codemaker@^1.140.0:
     decamelize "^5.0.1"
     fs-extra "^10.1.0"
 
+codemaker@^1.141.0:
+  version "1.141.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/codemaker/-/codemaker-1.141.0.tgz#cbbc4902de5d7404ee22ec61e6b688afa8b0d6af"
+  integrity sha512-OpueAw6U+vDjYOOZ0RLexINaMaybJUus64+CoJa6u9d3oWaI43sSQFMAuJT2jT6zyGlFkeRlbk/vT2E5396fcg==
+  dependencies:
+    camelcase "^6.3.0"
+    decamelize "^5.0.1"
+    fs-extra "^10.1.0"
+
 collect-v8-coverage@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/collect-v8-coverage/-/collect-v8-coverage-1.0.3.tgz#cc1f01eb8d02298cbc9a437c74c70ab4e5210b80"
@@ -4016,10 +4025,10 @@ pretty-format@^29.0.0, pretty-format@^29.7.0:
     ansi-styles "^5.0.0"
     react-is "^18.0.0"
 
-projen@^0.103.27:
-  version "0.103.27"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/projen/-/projen-0.103.27.tgz#9566a171ff5037dee04158b194e831b97411cdb2"
-  integrity sha512-dtcvFZOIhQ+AYOeOhSDSReKCgcYbrAFsKZMM+JzlA9v0icegQAolZDHhdNTDaSYODfRSgVzE+U/B2jfdImSsNQ==
+projen@^0.104.0:
+  version "0.104.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/projen/-/projen-0.104.0.tgz#c675ec46f19b9e103bdd98aae5a8d5b693c7f81b"
+  integrity sha512-bck2BtTC9XhGBsE1QVpDtDC36HJf4YJjqR1SanJooHmE2KBaYch6mkYFpyPdlOizrjhR6ZFfpRFGUxwsXOJvHQ==
   dependencies:
     "@iarna/toml" "^2.2.5"
     case "^1.6.3"