diff --git a/.commitlintrc.yml b/.commitlintrc.yml
index fc364ccdfef..e6dcb84875b 100644
--- a/.commitlintrc.yml
+++ b/.commitlintrc.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@
 rules:
   # Ensure that the commit message has a subject and a body
   subject-empty:
-    - 2
+    - 0
     - never
 
   body-empty:
     - 2
     - never
+
+  # Relax the subject line rule to allow omitting the ":" separator
+  type-enum:
+    - 0
+    - always
+    -
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