diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1661580..0000000
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-_extends: .github
-tag-template: plexus-xml-$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION
-version-template: 3.$MINOR.$PATCH
-commitish: 3.x
-filter-by-commitish: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index 5170a1b..7e523c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        with:
+          config-name: 'release-drafter-3.x.yml' # located in .github/ in default branch
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}