diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 18a9a5dd..b02f6ee0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - trunk
-      - trunk-2.x
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ name: release-please
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Initialize Release Please
         id: release
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y chromium
 
       - name: Export GitHub Actions cache environment variables
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1b893538..e8c74b36 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-    ".": "3.2.0",
     "packages/base91": "1.3.0",
     "packages/duckdb": "1.3.0",
     "packages/expat": "1.3.0",