diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1c8d8592..3cfc9138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4.1.3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE }}
-          release-type: node
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dae08fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "2.0.20"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..848729d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "node",
+  "exclude-paths": ["examples"],
+  "skip-github-release": true,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
+}