diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
index a2ba97e..2777d3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
   auto-release:
     uses: open-cli-collective/.github/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml@v1
     with:
+      # GoReleaser configuration changes must ship even when no Go source changed.
+      release-paths: "**.go,go.mod,go.sum,version.txt,.goreleaser.yaml"
       dry-run: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && (inputs.dry-run == true || inputs.dry-run == 'true') }}
     secrets:
       tag-token: ${{ secrets.TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index f738349..3e9ea45 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The required checks on `main` are `build`, `tidy`, `test`, `lint`, `static-relea
 
 ## Releases
 
-There is one release stream for both binaries. `version.txt` contains the major/minor line (`1.2`), and automatic releases create `v1.2.N` tags. A squash merge to `main` whose final commit begins with `feat:` or `fix:` triggers the automatic release decision; documentation, test, CI, and chore-only merges do not cut a release.
+There is one release stream for both binaries. `version.txt` contains the major/minor line (`1.2`), and automatic releases create `v1.2.N` tags. A squash merge to `main` whose final commit begins with `feat:` or `fix:` triggers the automatic release decision when it changes Go source, `go.mod`, `go.sum`, `version.txt`, or `.goreleaser.yaml`. GoReleaser configuration changes therefore ship too; documentation, test, CI, and chore-only merges do not cut a release.
 
 Each tag publishes both binaries and their platform archives through the shared release automation. Homebrew, Chocolatey, WinGet, and Linux package publication fan out from that release. Follow the [release](https://github.com/open-cli-collective/cli-common/blob/main/docs/release.md) and [distribution](https://github.com/open-cli-collective/cli-common/blob/main/docs/distribution.md) standards rather than duplicating workflow policy here.