diff --git a/.projenrc.ts b/.projenrc.ts
index 76fabac4..3f4bac46 100644
--- a/.projenrc.ts
+++ b/.projenrc.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
 import { yarn, CdkCliIntegTestsWorkflow } from 'cdklabs-projen-project-types';
 import * as pj from 'projen';
 import { Stability } from 'projen/lib/cdk';
@@ -142,6 +143,14 @@ function jestOptionsForProject(options: pj.javascript.JestOptions): pj.javascrip
   };
 }
 
+function transitiveFeaturesAndFixes(thisPkg: string, depPkgs: string[]) {
+  return pj.ReleasableCommits.featuresAndFixes([
+    '.',
+    ...depPkgs.map(p => path.relative(`packages/${thisPkg}`, `packages/${p}`))
+  ].join(' '));
+}
+
+
 const repoProject = new yarn.Monorepo({
   projenrcTs: true,
   name: 'aws-cdk-cli',
@@ -791,6 +800,8 @@ const cli = configureProject(
 
     // Append a specific version string for testing
     nextVersionCommand: 'tsx ../../projenrc/next-version.ts maybeRc',
+
+    releasableCommits: transitiveFeaturesAndFixes('aws-cdk', [cloudAssemblySchema.name, cloudFormationDiff.name]),
   }),
 );
 
@@ -923,8 +934,7 @@ const cliLib = configureProject(
     devDeps: ['aws-cdk-lib', cli, 'constructs'],
     disableTsconfig: true,
     nextVersionCommand: `tsx ../../../projenrc/next-version.ts copyVersion:../../../${cliPackageJson} append:-alpha.0`,
-    // Watch 2 directories at once
-    releasableCommits: pj.ReleasableCommits.featuresAndFixes(`. ../../${cli.name}`),
+    releasableCommits: transitiveFeaturesAndFixes('@aws-cdk/cli-lib-alpha', [cli.name, cloudAssemblySchema.name, cloudFormationDiff.name]),
     eslintOptions: {
       dirs: ['lib'],
       ignorePatterns: [
@@ -1081,7 +1091,7 @@ const toolkitLib = configureProject(
       'typedoc',
     ],
     // Watch 2 directories at once
-    releasableCommits: pj.ReleasableCommits.featuresAndFixes(`. ../../${cli.name}`),
+    releasableCommits: transitiveFeaturesAndFixes('@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib', [cli.name, cloudAssemblySchema.name, cloudFormationDiff.name]),
     eslintOptions: {
       dirs: ['lib'],
       ignorePatterns: [
@@ -1200,8 +1210,7 @@ const cdkCliWrapper = configureProject(
     srcdir: 'lib',
     devDeps: ['aws-cdk-lib', cli, 'constructs', '@aws-cdk/integ-runner'],
     nextVersionCommand: `tsx ../../../projenrc/next-version.ts copyVersion:../../../${cliPackageJson}`,
-    // Watch 2 directories at once
-    releasableCommits: pj.ReleasableCommits.featuresAndFixes(`. ../../${cli.name}`),
+    releasableCommits: transitiveFeaturesAndFixes('@aws-cdk/cdk-cli-wrapper', [cli.name, cloudAssemblySchema.name, cloudFormationDiff.name]),
 
     jestOptions: jestOptionsForProject({
       jestConfig: {
@@ -1231,8 +1240,7 @@ const cdkAliasPackage = configureProject(
     srcdir: 'lib',
     deps: [cli],
     nextVersionCommand: `tsx ../../projenrc/next-version.ts copyVersion:../../${cliPackageJson}`,
-    // Watch 2 directories at once
-    releasableCommits: pj.ReleasableCommits.featuresAndFixes(`. ../${cli.name}`),
+    releasableCommits: transitiveFeaturesAndFixes('cdk', [cli.name, cloudAssemblySchema.name, cloudFormationDiff.name]),
   }),
 );
 void cdkAliasPackage;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cli-lib-alpha/.projen/tasks.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/cli-lib-alpha/.projen/tasks.json
index 89b7f84b..9b4551a3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cli-lib-alpha/.projen/tasks.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cli-lib-alpha/.projen/tasks.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "VERSIONRCOPTIONS": "{\"path\":\".\"}",
         "BUMP_PACKAGE": "commit-and-tag-version@^12",
         "NEXT_VERSION_COMMAND": "tsx ../../../projenrc/next-version.ts copyVersion:../../../packages/aws-cdk/package.json append:-alpha.0",
-        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../../aws-cdk"
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../../aws-cdk ../cloud-assembly-schema ../cloudformation-diff"
       },
       "steps": [
         {
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
         "VERSIONRCOPTIONS": "{\"path\":\".\"}",
         "BUMP_PACKAGE": "commit-and-tag-version@^12",
         "NEXT_VERSION_COMMAND": "tsx ../../../projenrc/next-version.ts copyVersion:../../../packages/aws-cdk/package.json append:-alpha.0",
-        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../../aws-cdk"
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../../aws-cdk ../cloud-assembly-schema ../cloudformation-diff"
       },
       "steps": [
         {
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/.projen/tasks.json b/packages/aws-cdk/.projen/tasks.json
index eff3eee7..c1c93d53 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/.projen/tasks.json
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/.projen/tasks.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "VERSIONRCOPTIONS": "{\"path\":\".\"}",
         "BUMP_PACKAGE": "commit-and-tag-version@^12",
         "NEXT_VERSION_COMMAND": "tsx ../../projenrc/next-version.ts maybeRc",
-        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- ."
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema ../@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff"
       },
       "steps": [
         {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         "VERSIONRCOPTIONS": "{\"path\":\".\"}",
         "BUMP_PACKAGE": "commit-and-tag-version@^12",
         "NEXT_VERSION_COMMAND": "tsx ../../projenrc/next-version.ts maybeRc",
-        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- ."
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema ../@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff"
       },
       "steps": [
         {
diff --git a/packages/cdk/.projen/tasks.json b/packages/cdk/.projen/tasks.json
index 57e5674b..9ad34ce9 100644
--- a/packages/cdk/.projen/tasks.json
+++ b/packages/cdk/.projen/tasks.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "VERSIONRCOPTIONS": "{\"path\":\".\"}",
         "BUMP_PACKAGE": "commit-and-tag-version@^12",
         "NEXT_VERSION_COMMAND": "tsx ../../projenrc/next-version.ts copyVersion:../../packages/aws-cdk/package.json",
-        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../aws-cdk"
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../aws-cdk ../@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema ../@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff"
       },
       "steps": [
         {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
         "VERSIONRCOPTIONS": "{\"path\":\".\"}",
         "BUMP_PACKAGE": "commit-and-tag-version@^12",
         "NEXT_VERSION_COMMAND": "tsx ../../projenrc/next-version.ts copyVersion:../../packages/aws-cdk/package.json",
-        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../aws-cdk"
+        "RELEASABLE_COMMITS": "git log --no-merges --oneline $LATEST_TAG..HEAD -E --grep \"^(feat|fix){1}(\\([^()[:space:]]+\\))?(!)?:[[:blank:]]+.+\" -- . ../aws-cdk ../@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema ../@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff"
       },
       "steps": [
         {