diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index b9b8a8f86..695f6f939 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          # this assumes that you have created a personal access token
-          # (PAT) and configured it as a GitHub action secret named
-          # `MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN` (this secret name is not important).
           token: ${{ secrets.MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
-          # this is a built-in strategy in release-please, see "Action Inputs"
-          # for more options
-          release-type: simple
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+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: release-please-manifest.json
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diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae6106a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-manifest.json b/release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b985ff6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.0.1"
+}