diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index b11aade10a..be4b03dbb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ jobs:
           # https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/issues/688
           token: "${{ secrets.RELEASER_TOKEN }}"
           release-type: simple
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f1c9a16b7b..4918b25eb7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "packages": {
-    ".": {
-      "package-name": "kurtosis",
-      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
-      "bump-path-for-minor-pre-major": false,
-      "include-v-in-tag": false
-    }
-  },
   ".": "1.4.1"
 }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a1a3f6b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "kurtosis",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-path-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "include-v-in-tag": false
+    }
+  }
+}