diff --git a/.smartconfig.json b/.smartconfig.json
index af74a2d..f487d56 100644
--- a/.smartconfig.json
+++ b/.smartconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "@git.zone/cli": {
+    "schemaVersion": 2,
     "projectType": "npm",
     "module": {
       "githost": "gitlab.com",
@@ -29,8 +30,20 @@
       ]
     },
     "release": {
-      "registries": ["https://verdaccio.lossless.digital"],
-      "accessLevel": "public"
+      "targets": {
+        "git": {
+          "enabled": true,
+          "remote": "origin",
+          "pushBranch": true,
+          "pushTags": true
+        },
+        "npm": {
+          "enabled": true,
+          "registries": ["https://verdaccio.lossless.digital"],
+          "accessLevel": "public",
+          "alreadyPublished": "success"
+        }
+      }
     }
   },
   "@git.zone/tsdoc": {
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 4577b0b..fb2c9e3 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
   - Add test coverage for built tools, interfaces, and demodata exports.
   - Exclude generated dist output from TypeScript project resolution.
   - Update build and test development dependencies.
+- migrate smartconfig release targets to schema v2 (release)
+  - Add schemaVersion 2 to the git.zone CLI configuration.
+  - Move npm publishing settings under release.targets.npm and configure already-published packages as successful.
+  - Enable git release target pushes for the origin branch and tags.
 
 ## 2026-05-02 - 1.4.0 - feat(exports)
 re-export shared interfaces package and add compatibility entry points