diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 320a32a768..eb7756f662 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
           release-type: node
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/CHANGELOG.md
rename to CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 12ad26fa54..7cc6350d8f 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "last-release-sha": "99cfade027ce6ca81d0a14657d6bdd1b05406ad8",
-  "changelog-path": "docs/CHANGELOG.md"
+  "last-release-sha": "99cfade027ce6ca81d0a14657d6bdd1b05406ad8"
 }