diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5fdd883..73c8cae 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.1.0"
+  ".": "0.5.0-alpha1"
 }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 1205527..362e386 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   "plugins": [
     "sentence-case"
   ],
+  "bootstrap-sha": "311a1c6bd7873ce087c0f1f1fac399f96af86e86",
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
 }