diff --git a/release-please-config-individual.json b/release-please-config-individual.json
index c98a3fdb493d..b8766e0f2ea7 100644
--- a/release-please-config-individual.json
+++ b/release-please-config-individual.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "release-type": "go-yoshi",
   "include-component-in-tag": true,
+  "separate-pull-requests": true,
   "tag-separator": "/",
   "packages": {
     "bigquery": {