diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index da813961..00000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "tools/ontology-builder": "0.0.1",
-  "api/python": "0.0.1",
-  ".": "0.0.1"
-}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index dfec6b09..62d2e950 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
   "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release ${version}",
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "prerelease": true,
+  "draft": true,
   "initial-version": "0.0.1",
-  "changelog-types": [
+  "changelog-sections": [
     {
       "type": "feat",
       "section": "Features",