diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 40f3b6673..9eea07e3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: node
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
 
   npm-publish:
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 13464ff6a..32ac6588b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release v${version}",
-  "extra-files": [
-    "README.md"
-  ]
+  ".": "8.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5667ff4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "node",
+  "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release v${version}",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "d1ba547e91b192152bfc314ab85436de1538b4ec",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "extra-files": [
+        "README.md"
+      ],
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md"
+    }
+  }
+}