diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pr-title.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pr-title.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05c11e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pr-title.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Check PR Title
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  commitlint:
+    name: Check PR title
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+
+      - name: Setup
+        run: |
+          npm install -g @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional
+          echo "module.exports = {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']}" > commitlint.config.js
+
+      - name: Verify PR title is in the correct format
+        env:
+            TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+        run: |
+          echo "$TITLE" | npx commitlint -V
diff --git a/.github/workflows/elixir.yml b/.github/workflows/elixir.yml
index 1eef2dc..b7de345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/elixir.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/elixir.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
               otp: '27.0'
           - pair:
               elixir: '1.18'
-              otp: '28.0'
+              otp: '28.1'
             lint: lint
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8021090..f6a42f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,62 +1,59 @@
 name: Publish New Release
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        type: choice
-        description: What version to publish?
-        options:
-          - patch
-          - minor
-          - major
-      changes:
-        description: Specify an entry for the changelog
-        required: true
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  repository-projects: read # this is required by release-please-action to set the auto-release tags
+
+# Note for release-please-action: 
+# The action will set the auto-release tags for the release PR. If these tags do not already exist, the action will fail to create them.
+# Therefore, make sure that the tags are created in the repository before running the release workflow: `autorelease: pending`, `autorelease: tagged`
 
 jobs:
   ci:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/elixir.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
-  publish:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ci]
-    name: Build and publish to hex.pm
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    env:
-      HEX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.HEX_API_KEY }}
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PUBLISH_PAT }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: master
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: elixir
 
-      - name: Git Config
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+      # The logic below handles Hex.pm publishing.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
 
-      - name: Setup Elixir
-        uses: erlef/setup-elixir@v1
+      - name: Set up Elixir
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        uses: erlef/setup-beam@v1
         with:
-          otp-version: '24.3'
           elixir-version: '1.15'
+          otp-version: '26'
 
       - name: Restore dependencies cache
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: deps
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-publish-mix-${{ hashFiles('**/mix.lock') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-publish-mix-
 
-      - name: Install deps
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         run: mix deps.get
 
-      - name: Add changelog entry
-        run: echo "${{ inputs.changes }}" > RELEASE.md
-
-      - name: Bump version, generate changelog, push to git, publish on hex.pm
-        run: mix expublish.${{ inputs.version }} --disable-test
-
-
+      - name: Publish to Hex.pm
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: mix hex.publish --yes
+        env:
+          HEX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.HEX_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 3bcb208..61c2005 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ defmodule Honeybadger.Mixfile do
       # Dev dependencies
       {:ex_doc, ">= 0.0.0", only: :dev, runtime: false},
       {:dialyxir, "~> 1.0", only: :dev, runtime: false},
-      {:expublish, "~> 2.5", only: [:dev], runtime: false},
 
       # Test dependencies
       {:plug_cowboy, ">= 2.0.0 and < 3.0.0", only: :test},
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 807b0c4..a3605b8 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   "ecto": {:hex, :ecto, "3.12.2", "bae2094f038e9664ce5f089e5f3b6132a535d8b018bd280a485c2f33df5c0ce1", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 2.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "492e67c70f3a71c6afe80d946d3ced52ecc57c53c9829791bfff1830ff5a1f0c"},
   "erlex": {:hex, :erlex, "0.2.6", "c7987d15e899c7a2f34f5420d2a2ea0d659682c06ac607572df55a43753aa12e", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "2ed2e25711feb44d52b17d2780eabf998452f6efda104877a3881c2f8c0c0c75"},
   "ex_doc": {:hex, :ex_doc, "0.37.1", "65ca30d242082b95aa852b3b73c9d9914279fff56db5dc7b3859be5504417980", [:mix], [{:earmark_parser, "~> 1.4.42", [hex: :earmark_parser, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:makeup_c, ">= 0.1.0", [hex: :makeup_c, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:makeup_elixir, "~> 0.14 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :makeup_elixir, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:makeup_erlang, "~> 0.1 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :makeup_erlang, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:makeup_html, ">= 0.1.0", [hex: :makeup_html, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "6774f75477733ea88ce861476db031f9399c110640752ca2b400dbbb50491224"},
-  "expublish": {:hex, :expublish, "2.7.5", "684e20f6538019b2f563f957181ec94176a0fe8de6cba552c6d8471158354701", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "25ca84eb8fe7e17e6baa250f0cca27cabdd6b7d49584ffd13bb541471857df79"},
   "finch": {:hex, :finch, "0.19.0", "c644641491ea854fc5c1bbaef36bfc764e3f08e7185e1f084e35e0672241b76d", [:mix], [{:mime, "~> 1.0 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :mime, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mint, "~> 1.6.2 or ~> 1.7", [hex: :mint, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:nimble_options, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :nimble_options, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:nimble_pool, "~> 1.1", [hex: :nimble_pool, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "fc5324ce209125d1e2fa0fcd2634601c52a787aff1cd33ee833664a5af4ea2b6"},
   "hackney": {:hex, :hackney, "1.20.1", "8d97aec62ddddd757d128bfd1df6c5861093419f8f7a4223823537bad5d064e2", [:rebar3], [{:certifi, "~>2.12.0", [hex: :certifi, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:idna, "~>6.1.0", [hex: :idna, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:metrics, "~>1.0.0", [hex: :metrics, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mimerl, "~>1.1", [hex: :mimerl, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:parse_trans, "3.4.1", [hex: :parse_trans, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ssl_verify_fun, "~>1.1.0", [hex: :ssl_verify_fun, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:unicode_util_compat, "~>0.7.0", [hex: :unicode_util_compat, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "fe9094e5f1a2a2c0a7d10918fee36bfec0ec2a979994cff8cfe8058cd9af38e3"},
   "hpax": {:hex, :hpax, "1.0.2", "762df951b0c399ff67cc57c3995ec3cf46d696e41f0bba17da0518d94acd4aac", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "2f09b4c1074e0abd846747329eaa26d535be0eb3d189fa69d812bfb8bfefd32f"},
@@ -42,5 +41,5 @@
   "unicode_util_compat": {:hex, :unicode_util_compat, "0.7.0", "bc84380c9ab48177092f43ac89e4dfa2c6d62b40b8bd132b1059ecc7232f9a78", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "25eee6d67df61960cf6a794239566599b09e17e668d3700247bc498638152521"},
   "websock": {:hex, :websock, "0.5.3", "2f69a6ebe810328555b6fe5c831a851f485e303a7c8ce6c5f675abeb20ebdadc", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "6105453d7fac22c712ad66fab1d45abdf049868f253cf719b625151460b8b453"},
   "websock_adapter": {:hex, :websock_adapter, "0.5.8", "3b97dc94e407e2d1fc666b2fb9acf6be81a1798a2602294aac000260a7c4a47d", [:mix], [{:bandit, ">= 0.6.0", [hex: :bandit, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:plug, "~> 1.14", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.6", [hex: :plug_cowboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:websock, "~> 0.5", [hex: :websock, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "315b9a1865552212b5f35140ad194e67ce31af45bcee443d4ecb96b5fd3f3782"},
-  "x509": {:hex, :x509, "0.9.1", "c92026a17b7d93f19029842ca218f82ec1f1e7cc9d4aa0c48327ee778f7f482e", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "99328951a1480cfd7b1b8aa688f857f7f5bbea03077b78cad211fb3b30c2f4a8"},
+  "x509": {:hex, :x509, "0.9.2", "a75aa605348abd905990f3d2dc1b155fcde4e030fa2f90c4a91534405dce0f6e", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "4c5ede75697e565d4b0f5be04c3b71bb1fd3a090ea243af4bd7dae144e48cfc7"},
 }
diff --git a/test/honeybadger/events_sampler_test.exs b/test/honeybadger/events_sampler_test.exs
index 17c0226..7e2367e 100644
--- a/test/honeybadger/events_sampler_test.exs
+++ b/test/honeybadger/events_sampler_test.exs
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ defmodule Honeybadger.EventsSamplerTest do
         capture_log(fn ->
           EventsSampler.sample?(hash_value: "trace-1", server: sampler)
           EventsSampler.sample?(hash_value: "trace-2", server: sampler)
-          Process.sleep(1000)
+          # Wait for the report timer and ensure message is processed
+          Process.sleep(110)
+          # Make a synchronous call to ensure all prior messages are processed
+          EventsSampler.sample?(hash_value: "sync", server: sampler)
         end)
 
       assert log =~ ~r/\[Honeybadger\] Sampled \d events \(of 2 total events\)/
@@ -47,7 +50,10 @@ defmodule Honeybadger.EventsSamplerTest do
           EventsSampler.sample?(server: sampler)
           EventsSampler.sample?(server: sampler)
           EventsSampler.sample?(server: sampler)
-          Process.sleep(1000)
+          # Wait for the report timer and ensure message is processed
+          Process.sleep(110)
+          # Make a synchronous call to ensure all prior messages are processed
+          EventsSampler.sample?(server: sampler)
         end)
 
       assert log =~ ~r/\[Honeybadger\] Sampled \d events \(of 3 total events\)/