diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d60fcfad0..bfc6a2aeb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
    {
-     ".": "1.5.15",
+     "dependencies": "1.5.15",
      "boms/cloud-lts-bom": "9.0.1"
-   }
\ No newline at end of file
+   }
diff --git a/versions.txt b/dependencies/versions.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from versions.txt
rename to dependencies/versions.txt
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/gradle-plugin/build.gradle
index cac680847..2e5363113 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ group = 'com.google.cloud.tools'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
+version = '1.5.15' // {x-version-update:dependencies:current}
+
 dependencies {
   implementation "com.google.cloud.tools:dependencies:$version"
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:30.1-jre'
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/gradle.properties b/gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 9425228d4..000000000
--- a/gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# scripts/prepare_release.sh maintains this value.
-version = 1.5.16-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 963c9230c..340b223ff 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
   "separate-pull-requests": true,
   "include-component-in-tag": true,
   "packages": {
-    ".": {
+    "dependencies": {
       "component": "dependencies",
-      "release-type": "java-yoshi"
+      "release-type": "java-yoshi",
+      "extra-files": ["pom.xml", "enforcer-rules/pom.xml", "gradle-plugin/build.gradle", "linkage-monitor/pom.xml"]
     },
     "boms/cloud-lts-bom": {
         "component": "gcp-lts-bom",