diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 50fcadcf..b6cad32a 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
         ".": {
           "release-type": "python",
           "package-name": "gyp-next",
-          "bump-minor-pre-major": true
+          "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+          "include-component-in-tag": false
         }
     }
 }