diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index e4026cc..7c9cc38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,5 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          release-type: simple
-          package-name: xarray_plotly
-          # Keep version at 0.0.x - feat: bumps patch instead of minor
-          bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major: true
+          config-file: .release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a193fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "package-name": "xarray_plotly",
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72d5a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.0.12"
+}