diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 4265128d4..6df56e131 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - 1.0-dev
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -16,4 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.A2A_BOT_PAT }}
-          release-type: python
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0967ef424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e6ca362c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "prerelease-type": "alpha",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
+}