diff --git a/barretenberg/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/barretenberg/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index fe57debf460..8c837aa12e5 100644
--- a/barretenberg/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/barretenberg/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ jobs:
           bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major: true
           prerelease: true # Marks GitHub Releases for 0.x.x versions as "Pre-release"
           pull-request-title-pattern: "chore(barretenberg): Release ${version}"
+          extra-files: |
+            cpp/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index e5f53827491..45313c2e2d2 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
 project(
     Barretenberg
     DESCRIPTION "BN254 elliptic curve library, and PLONK SNARK prover"
-    VERSION 0.1.0
+    VERSION 0.1.0 # x-release-please-version
     LANGUAGES CXX C
 )
 
@@ -139,4 +139,4 @@ include(cmake/threading.cmake)
 include(cmake/gtest.cmake)
 include(cmake/benchmark.cmake)
 include(cmake/module.cmake)
-add_subdirectory(src)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(src)