diff --git a/.config/mise/tasks/release-metadata/check b/.config/mise/tasks/release-metadata/check
index cc75f7bb3..d4f2b3ceb 100755
--- a/.config/mise/tasks/release-metadata/check
+++ b/.config/mise/tasks/release-metadata/check
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ fi
 
 git -C "$root" cat-file -e "$bootstrap_sha^{commit}"
 
+release_subjects=$(git -C "$root" log --format=%s "$bootstrap_sha..HEAD")
+if ! printf '%s\n' "$release_subjects" |
+	grep -Eq '^(feat|fix)(\([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._/-]*\))?!?: .+'; then
+	echo "The release bootstrap range must contain a release-driving conventional commit." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 jq -e '
 	.packages["."]."release-type" == "simple" and
 	.packages["."]."include-component-in-tag" == false and
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index aede355db..46d915806 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "bootstrap-sha": "10b210b00594fb80a99730991a91b29699094e44",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "6bc330163dda19d4953154d9c20958486e8be09e",
   "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore${scope}: release${component} ${version}",
   "signoff": "SHT Bot <61149376+sht-bot@users.noreply.github.com>",
   "packages": {