diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index e621b5bc..2a89b44a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,43 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      force-npm-publish:
+        description: "Force npm publish"
+        type: boolean
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   publish-release:
-    uses: mdn/workflows/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml@main
-    with:
-      target-repo: "mdn/data"
-    secrets:
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    if: github.repository == 'mdn/data'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Release
+        uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+
+      - name: Setup
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.force-npm-publish || steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.force-npm-publish || steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
+          node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
+
+      - name: Install
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.force-npm-publish || steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Publish
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.force-npm-publish || steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f430af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v18
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..655adde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    ".": "2.4.2"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e37d9ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "last-release-sha": "0a7a19329406b0e8f555083f7dcdd6e84a3d4707",
+  "release-type": "node",
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "enhance", "section": "Enhancements", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "chore", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false }
+  ],
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
+}