diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fc9872d..aa29d65 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: check-toml
       - id: pretty-format-json
-        args: ["--autofix"]
+        args: ["--autofix", "--no-ensure-ascii"]
         files: "\\.(json)$"
 
   # --- Conventional commits ---
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a1d66d..a141a4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/gemmadanks/python-project-template/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2025-10-09)
 
 
-### Features
+### 🚀 Features
 
 * add badge for codecov ([c0c5325](https://github.com/gemmadanks/python-project-template/commit/c0c5325390f2805f0f4a003a390e41e6cd831288))
 * upload codecov ([#5](https://github.com/gemmadanks/python-project-template/issues/5)) ([c0c5325](https://github.com/gemmadanks/python-project-template/commit/c0c5325390f2805f0f4a003a390e41e6cd831288))
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 3a50002..d3818fa 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -4,55 +4,55 @@
     ".": {
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
-      "changelog-types": [
+      "changelog-sections": [
         {
           "hidden": false,
-          "section": "\ud83d\ude80 Features",
+          "section": "🚀 Features",
           "type": "feat"
         },
         {
           "hidden": false,
-          "section": "\ud83d\udc1b Bug Fixes",
+          "section": "🐛 Bug Fixes",
           "type": "fix"
         },
         {
           "hidden": false,
-          "section": "\ud83d\udce6 Dependencies",
+          "section": "📦 Dependencies",
           "type": "deps"
         },
         {
           "hidden": false,
-          "section": "\u26a1 Performance",
+          "section": "⚡ Performance",
           "type": "perf"
         },
         {
           "hidden": true,
-          "section": "\ud83e\uddf9 Refactoring",
+          "section": "🧹 Refactoring",
           "type": "refactor"
         },
         {
           "hidden": true,
-          "section": "\ud83d\udcda Documentation",
+          "section": "📚 Documentation",
           "type": "docs"
         },
         {
           "hidden": true,
-          "section": "\ud83e\udde9 CI",
+          "section": "🧩 CI",
           "type": "ci"
         },
         {
           "hidden": true,
-          "section": "\ud83d\udd27 Build",
+          "section": "🔧 Build",
           "type": "build"
         },
         {
           "hidden": true,
-          "section": "\ud83e\uddfa Chores",
+          "section": "🧴 Chores",
           "type": "chore"
         },
         {
           "hidden": true,
-          "section": "\ud83e\uddea Tests",
+          "section": "🧪 Tests",
           "type": "test"
         }
       ],