diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
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+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          config-file: .release-please-config.json
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diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
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+{
+  "release-type": "go",
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "prerelease-type": "prerelease",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "cadence",
+      "release-type": "go",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "versioning": "prerelease",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
+    }
+  },
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    {"type": "feat", "section": "Features"},
+    {"type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes"},
+    {"type": "revert", "section": "Reverts"},
+    {"type": "test", "section": "Tests"},
+    {"type": "ci", "section": "Continuous Integration and Build"},
+    {"type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements"},
+    {"type": "refactor", "section": "Refactors"}
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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+{
+  ".": "1.3.6-prerelease11"
+}