diff --git a/.github/workflows/.release-please-config-stable.json b/.github/workflows/.release-please-config-stable.json
index d1de93f00..7a53ce60f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/.release-please-config-stable.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/.release-please-config-stable.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "prerelease": false,
   "packages": {
-    ".": {
-      "draft": true
-    }
+    ".": {}
   }
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-dev.json b/.github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-dev.json
index 11094440f..2ca6e84ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-dev.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-dev.json
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.4.0b2"
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "versioning": "prerelease",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please-dev.yml
index 39b62ec6e..70dce28f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please-dev.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           release-type: simple
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           manifest-file: .github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-dev.json
           config-file: .github/workflows/.release-please-config-dev.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please-stable.yml
index 694987f82..1ae8a4268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please-stable.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           release-type: simple
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           manifest-file: .github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-stable.json
           config-file: .github/workflows/.release-please-config-stable.json