diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f59ec22c..653d328a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          release-type: python
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5d1cf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "2.2.0"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ba8f870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "python",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true
+    }
+  }
+}