diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index a084737b690..09f8f569524 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   - `fix: `
   - `docs: `
   - `chore: `
+  - `dev:`
 
   If a section of the PR template does not apply to this PR, then delete that section.
 
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ _(REQUIRED)_
   Delete any of the following that do not apply:
  -->
 
+- feature
 - bug
-- cleanup
 - documentation
-- feature
+- cleanup
+- dev (Internal development)
 
 ## What this PR does / why we need it:
 
diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
index dfbb3bd1050..6fa3430e3e9 100644
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ categories:
   - title: "📚 Documentation"
     labels:
       - "documentation"
+  - title: "🔨 Internal development"
+    labels:
+      - "dev"
   - title: "⬆️ Dependency updates"
     collapse-after: 3
     labels:
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ version-resolver:
       - "dependencies"
       - "documentation"
       - "l10n"
+      - "dev"
   default: patch
 
 template: |
@@ -69,3 +73,6 @@ autolabeler:
   - label: 'chore'
     title:
       - '/chore:/i'
+  - label: 'dev'
+    title:
+      - '/dev:/i'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
index 7cd1da905b5..dd1b41d3794 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ jobs:
           # Configure which types are allowed (newline-delimited).
           # Default: https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types
           types: |
-            fix
             feat
+            fix
             docs
             chore
+            dev
           # Configure which scopes are allowed (newline-delimited).
           # These are regex patterns auto-wrapped in `^ $`.
           scopes: |