diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e6bf47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.2.3"
+}
+
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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index 0000000..e94a718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
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diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
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index 0495c4a..0000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.2.3