diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8ecb41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "pdfgen-core",
+      "include-v-in-tag": false
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index d7a8542..ac7e20b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           release-type: simple
           package-name: pdfgen-core
-          include-v-in-tag: false
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-config.json
       - name: Upload to github packages
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         run: ./gradlew -Pversion=${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name}} publish
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29