diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b556d3a..93b62b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -38,31 +38,19 @@ jobs:
       CHROME_REFRESH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHROME_REFRESH_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Verify release identities
+      - name: Verify release bot identity
         env:
-          HOANGSVIT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOANGSVIT_TOKEN }}
           EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          if [ -z "${HOANGSVIT_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-            echo "::error::HOANGSVIT_TOKEN is empty."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
           if [ -z "${EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
             echo "::error::EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN is empty."
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          HOANG_LOGIN="$(GH_TOKEN="$HOANGSVIT_TOKEN" gh api user --jq .login)"
           BOT_LOGIN="$(GH_TOKEN="$EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN" gh api user --jq .login)"
 
-          if [ "$HOANG_LOGIN" != "hoangsvit" ]; then
-            echo "::error::HOANGSVIT_TOKEN belongs to '$HOANG_LOGIN', expected 'hoangsvit'."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
           if [ "$BOT_LOGIN" != "eplus-bot" ]; then
             echo "::error::EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN belongs to '$BOT_LOGIN', expected 'eplus-bot'."
             exit 1
@@ -73,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
           fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.HOANGSVIT_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Validate release tag
         run: |
@@ -129,10 +117,10 @@ jobs:
           tag: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
           writeToFile: true
 
-      - name: Create changelog pull request as hoangsvit
+      - name: Create changelog pull request as eplus-bot
         id: changelog_pr
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOANGSVIT_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -142,10 +130,10 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          BRANCH="chore/changelog-$RELEASE_TAG-hoangsvit"
+          BRANCH="chore/changelog-$RELEASE_TAG"
 
-          git config user.name "hoangsvit"
-          git config user.email "11882322+hoangsvit@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config user.name "eplus-bot"
+          git config user.email "157664013+eplus-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
           git checkout -B "$BRANCH"
           git add CHANGELOG.md
           git commit -m "docs: update CHANGELOG.md for $RELEASE_TAG"
@@ -164,44 +152,28 @@ jobs:
               --base main \
               --head "$BRANCH" \
               --title "docs: update changelog for $RELEASE_TAG" \
-              --body "Automated CHANGELOG.md update generated from release tag \`$RELEASE_TAG\`.\n\nCreated by @hoangsvit. The @eplus-bot account will approve it after all required checks pass, then @hoangsvit will merge it automatically.")"
+              --body "Automated CHANGELOG.md update generated from release tag \`$RELEASE_TAG\`.\n\nCreated and merged by @eplus-bot after approval from github-actions[bot] and all required checks pass.")"
             PR_NUMBER="${PR_URL##*/}"
           fi
 
           PR_AUTHOR="$(gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --json author --jq .author.login)"
-          if [ "$PR_AUTHOR" != "hoangsvit" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Changelog PR #$PR_NUMBER was created by '$PR_AUTHOR', expected 'hoangsvit'."
+          if [ "$PR_AUTHOR" != "eplus-bot" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Changelog PR #$PR_NUMBER was created by '$PR_AUTHOR', expected 'eplus-bot'."
             exit 1
           fi
 
           echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "branch=$BRANCH" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "number=$PR_NUMBER" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Created changelog PR #$PR_NUMBER as @hoangsvit."
 
-      - name: Wait for checks and eplus-bot approval
+      - name: Wait for pull request checks
         if: ${{ steps.changelog_pr.outputs.changed == 'true' }}
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOANGSVIT_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN }}
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.changelog_pr.outputs.number }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          ready_to_merge=false
-
           for attempt in {1..90}; do
-            PR_JSON="$(gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" \
-              --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-              --json state,mergedAt,headRefOid)"
-
-            PR_STATE="$(jq -r 'if .mergedAt then "merged" else (.state | ascii_downcase) end' <<<"$PR_JSON")"
-            HEAD_SHA="$(jq -r '.headRefOid' <<<"$PR_JSON")"
-
-            if [ "$PR_STATE" = "merged" ]; then
-              echo "Changelog PR #$PR_NUMBER was already merged."
-              exit 0
-            fi
-
             CHECKS="$(gh pr checks "$PR_NUMBER" \
               --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
               --json bucket,name,workflow 2>/dev/null || echo '[]')"
@@ -209,43 +181,42 @@ jobs:
             CI_COUNT="$(jq '[.[] | select(.name == "Compile, Test, Build")] | length' <<<"$CHECKS")"
             FAILING_COUNT="$(jq '[.[] | select(.bucket == "fail" or .bucket == "cancel")] | length' <<<"$CHECKS")"
             PENDING_COUNT="$(jq '[.[] | select(.bucket == "pending")] | length' <<<"$CHECKS")"
-            APPROVAL_COUNT="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pulls/$PR_NUMBER/reviews" \
-              --paginate \
-              --jq "[.[] | select(.user.login == \"eplus-bot\" and .state == \"APPROVED\" and .commit_id == \"$HEAD_SHA\")] | length")"
 
             if [ "$FAILING_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
               jq -r '.[] | select(.bucket == "fail" or .bucket == "cancel") | "::error::\(.workflow): \(.name) failed"' <<<"$CHECKS"
               exit 1
             fi
 
-            if [ "$CI_COUNT" -gt 0 ] && [ "$PENDING_COUNT" -eq 0 ] && [ "$APPROVAL_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
-              ready_to_merge=true
-              break
+            if [ "$CI_COUNT" -gt 0 ] && [ "$PENDING_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+              exit 0
             fi
 
-            echo "Waiting for changelog PR (attempt $attempt/90, CI found: $CI_COUNT, pending: $PENDING_COUNT, eplus-bot approvals: $APPROVAL_COUNT)."
+            echo "Waiting for changelog PR checks (attempt $attempt/90, CI found: $CI_COUNT, pending: $PENDING_COUNT)."
             sleep 10
           done
 
-          if [ "$ready_to_merge" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Timed out waiting for changelog checks and eplus-bot approval."
-            exit 1
-          fi
+          echo "::error::Timed out waiting for changelog checks."
+          exit 1
 
-      - name: Merge changelog pull request as hoangsvit
+      - name: Approve changelog pull request as github-actions[bot]
         if: ${{ steps.changelog_pr.outputs.changed == 'true' }}
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOANGSVIT_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.changelog_pr.outputs.number }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+            --approve \
+            --body "Automated approval after all required checks passed."
 
-          MERGER_LOGIN="$(gh api user --jq .login)"
-          if [ "$MERGER_LOGIN" != "hoangsvit" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Merge token belongs to '$MERGER_LOGIN', expected 'hoangsvit'."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
+      - name: Merge changelog pull request as eplus-bot
+        if: ${{ steps.changelog_pr.outputs.changed == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EPLUS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.changelog_pr.outputs.number }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
           gh pr merge "$PR_NUMBER" \
             --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
             --squash \