diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8de158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "hashpipe",
+      "release-type": "python",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
+    }
+  },
+  "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release${component} ${version}"
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dde7cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{".":"0.9.2"}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5b547f0..f3f933e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ jobs:
   release_please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         id: release_please
         with:
-          release-type: python
-          package-name: hashpipe
-          pull-request-title-pattern: "chore: release${component} ${version}"
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/release-please-manifest.json
     outputs:
       release_created: ${{ steps.release_please.outputs.release_created }}
       sha: ${{ steps.release_please.outputs.sha }}