Due to other priorities, design system adopters often only engage with a system when there are large updates. Or, if there's an update that is particularly useful for that adopter.
“We have clients building against specific timelines. They can’t — and don’t want to — constantly pull down UI updates.” — Nate Baldwin, Adobe Spectrum
Make sure you are communicating both what's coming next and the longer term vision and larger projects you're working on. This helps other teams plan how to adopt and integrate your releases with their own priorities.
Different teams can be more closely aligned with the design system. It may be worth increasing how often you release to keep providing them with value. Automation can help this release process.
Orient release cadence and workflows based on relevant customer distinctions.