diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d9b009d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.10.0"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 34b7b7e7..ba02f195 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
   "bootstrap-sha": "640550975a412d71fc35875103e1c833237b168d",
+  "last-release-sha": "640550975a412d71fc35875103e1c833237b168d",
+  "release-search-depth": 1,
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "releaseType": "node",