diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yaml b/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
index 70df1ff37f..a92dccce57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: node
           target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
   orchestrator:
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68f9449d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "5.7.0"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff0d1646c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "simple",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "80555816d300ef64c15c0f40d89d10b7f8795c99",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
+}