diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1c8d8592..77f634f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE }}
-          release-type: node
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dae08fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "2.0.20"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a32cbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "exclude-paths": ["examples"]
+    }
+  }
+}