diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index e298aa7d0..97e8c00cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
           config-file: release-please-config.json
-          manifest-file: release-please-manifest.json
           skip-github-pull-request: true
       
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index ae6106a77..b7d7be878 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
     ".": {
       "release-type": "simple",
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
-      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
-      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
-      "draft": false,
-      "prerelease": false
+      "prerelease": true
     }
   },
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
diff --git a/release-please-manifest.json b/release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 40ff6fe0d..000000000
--- a/release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  ".": "0.0.2"
-}
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a4bdda4ce..000000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-buster=0.0.1
-.=0.0.1
\ No newline at end of file