diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index dfa74768..1ed62470 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0ecdc4d1..96d9691c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "v0.1.0"
+    ".": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
similarity index 79%
rename from .github/release-please-config.json
rename to release-please-config.json
index 5de12e1e..7f3b0aae 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
     "release-type": "go",
-    "changelog-type": "github",
+    "changelog-type": "default",
     "changelog-sections": [
         {
             "type": "feat",
@@ -32,5 +33,8 @@
             "section": "CI",
             "hidden": true
         }
-    ]
+    ],
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {}
+    }
 }