diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml
index cda5dde462068..96f99f17b016e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - uses: dangoslen/changelog-enforcer@v3
+        with:
+          skipLabels: "autocut"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
index 030689642677a..42c2d21d106ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '*.*.*'
 
-jobs:  
+jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ jobs:
           commit-message: Incremented version to ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}
           signoff: true
           delete-branch: true
+          labels: |
+            autocut
           title: '[AUTO] Incremented version to ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}.'
           body: |
             I've noticed that a new tag ${{ env.TAG }} was pushed, and incremented the version from ${{ env.CURRENT_VERSION }} to ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}.
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ jobs:
           commit-message: Added bwc version ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}
           signoff: true
           delete-branch: true
+          labels: |
+            autocut
           title: '[AUTO] [${{ env.BASE_X }}] Added bwc version ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}.'
           body: |
             I've noticed that a new tag ${{ env.TAG }} was pushed, and added a bwc version ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}.
@@ -111,6 +115,8 @@ jobs:
           commit-message: Added bwc version ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}
           signoff: true
           delete-branch: true
+          labels: |
+            autocut
           title: '[AUTO] [main] Added bwc version ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}.'
           body: |
             I've noticed that a new tag ${{ env.TAG }} was pushed, and added a bwc version ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ab9250c2892d..e51ca58f241c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Added release notes for 2.2.1 ([#4344](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4344))
 - Label configuration for dependabot PRs ([#4348](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4348))
 - Support for HTTP/2 (server-side) ([#3847](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/3847))
+- BWC version 2.2.2 ([#4383](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4383))
+- Support for labels on version bump PRs, skip label support for changelog verifier ([#4391](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4391))
+
+### Dependencies
+- Bumps `com.diffplug.spotless` from 6.9.1 to 6.10.0
+- Bumps `xmlbeans` from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1
 
 ### Changed
 - Dependency updates (httpcore, mockito, slf4j, httpasyncclient, commons-codec) ([#4308](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4308))