diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 83aa878e1ae..b98c06f6957 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - release
-      - staging
 name: release-please
 jobs:
   release-please:
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
         with:
           command: manifest
-          default-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          default-branch: release
           # extra-files: |
           #   packages/chronos/package.json
           #   packages/client/package.json
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index e35eb1863aa..7d953a991e6 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "release-type": "node",
   "package-name": "parabol",
   "bootstrap-sha": "362b80517a28dd723d7a1c8070315d5f8f0fd239",
-  "release-as": "6.122.0",
+  "release-as": "6.999.0",
   "extra-files": [
     {
       "type": "json",