diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 13464ff6a..a532f6dde 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release v${version}",
   "extra-files": [
     "README.md"
-  ]
+  ],
+  ".": "0.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41ecaacb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
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