diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 4b909e3d6..cbea531c5 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
       "versioning": "default"
     },
     "packages/react": {
+      "release-as": "1.0.0",
       "release-type": "node",
       "prerelease": false,
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,