diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 1668691e8..797f336a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.A2A_BOT_PAT }}
-          release-type: python
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b870c5e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.0.2"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e525ffc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "versioning": "always-bump-patch"
+    }
+  }
+}