diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 0d98bbf..dde08b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
-          release-type: simple
-          extra-files: version.txt
+          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 0000000..56fa4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    ".": "1.2.2"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f3db6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "release-type": "simple",
+            "extra-files": ["version.txt"]
+        }
+    }
+}