diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73c99da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "rust",
+      "extra-files": [
+        {
+          "path": "README.md",
+          "type": "generic"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5e9157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "5.2.0"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 8a76060..3c2bd3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
+        with:
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/release-please-manifest.json
 
   Publish:
     needs:
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f04e77..0000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
-  "package-name": "catppuccin-egui",
-  "release-type": "rust",
-  "extra-files": [
-    {
-      "path": "README.md",
-      "type": "generic"
-    }
-  ]
-}