diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 309e65c..b985ff6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": ""
+  ".": "0.0.1"
 }
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index e69de29..8acdd82 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.1