diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 466df71..e18ee07 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0"
+  ".": "0.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
index 2cad3da..6f95746 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-config.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "packages": {
     ".": {
-      "release-type": "maven",
+      "release-type": "simple",
       "package-name": "deepgram-java-sdk",
       "tag-separator": "",
       "include-component-in-tag": false,