diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d0f47cb20..43b0ab567 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         with:
           release-type: simple
-          bump-minor-pre-major: true
-          changelog-types: ${{ steps.configure-changelog.outputs.result }}
           # https://github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action#github-credentials
           token: ${{ secrets.VINCENT_PAT }}
 
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d1f3d3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false,
+      "changelog-sections": [
+        { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "chore", "section": "Misc", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "fix", "section": "BugFixes", "hidden": false }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "bootstrap-sha": "df05ed5f16a6da3f3694e93ad04370a9c16188b0",
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}