diff --git a/.ng-dev/release.ts b/.ng-dev/release.ts
index 49aa2af849e..d896fc9adb2 100644
--- a/.ng-dev/release.ts
+++ b/.ng-dev/release.ts
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ export const release: ReleaseConfig = {
   generateReleaseNotesForHead: async () => {
     exec('yarn -s gulp changelog', {cwd: join(__dirname, '../')});
   },
+  // The `comp: *` labels will be automatically added by PullApprove and the targeting label will
+  // be added by the release tooling, only `action: merge` must be manually included to the list.
+  releasePrLabels: ['comp: build & ci', 'action: merge', 'PullApprove: disable'],
 };