diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index 8e345bb8a..7e27a6266 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -11,40 +11,3 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           release-type: go
-          package-name: finch
-          # Include 'build' in the changelog and
-          # make it a releasable unit (patch version bump) because dependabot PRs uses it.
-          # For more details, see ../dependabot.yml.
-          #
-          # The mapping from type to section comes from conventional-commit-types [1]
-          # which is used by action-semantic-pull-request [2],
-          # which is used by us.
-          #
-          # [1] https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types/blob/master/index.json
-          # [2] https://github.com/amannn/action-semantic-pull-request/blob/0b14f54ac155d88e12522156e52cb6e397745cfd/README.md?plain=1#L60
-          changelog-types: >
-            [
-              {
-                "type":"feat",
-                "section":"Features",
-                "hidden":false
-              },
-              {
-                "type":"fix",
-                "section":"Bug Fixes",
-                "hidden":false
-              },
-              {
-                "type":"exp",
-                "section":"Experimental",
-                "hidden":false
-              },
-              {
-                "type":"build",
-                "section":"Build System or External Dependencies",
-                "hidden":false
-              }
-            ]
-          # Before we are at v1.0.0
-          bump-minor-pre-major: true
-
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb07e0f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    ".": {
+        "package-name": "finch",
+        "changelog-sections": [
+            {
+                "type": "feat",
+                "section": "Features",
+                "hidden": false
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "fix",
+                "section": "Bug Fixes",
+                "hidden": false
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "exp",
+                "section": "Experimental",
+                "hidden": false
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "build",
+                "section": "Build System or External Dependencies",
+                "hidden": false
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}