diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f160ee1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "apis-core-rdf"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..394b61202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "apis-core-rdf",
+      "release-type": "python",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index d9ffd235b..fd750be2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          release-type: python
-          package-name: apis-core-rdf
-          bump-minor-pre-major: true
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/release-please-manifest.json