diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 6a960168c..3f89510b8 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ releaseType: simple
 versionFile: 'cmd/version.txt'
 branches:
 - branch: v1
-  versionFile: 'cmd/cloud_sql_proxy/version.txt'
+  versionFile: 'proxy/util/version.txt'
   handleGHRelease: true
   packageName: cloud-sql-proxy
   releaseType: simple