diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 14e58067..0ef4b44c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: node
-          package-name: typescript-language-server
-          changelog-types: '[{"type":"feat","section":"Features","hidden":false},{"type":"fix","section":"Bug Fixes","hidden":false},{"type":"refactor","section":"Refactors","hidden":false}]'
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c877557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "5.1.1"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..899ec8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false
+    }
+  },
+  "changelog-sections": [
+      {
+          "type": "feat",
+          "section": "Features",
+          "hidden": false
+      },
+      {
+          "type": "fix",
+          "section": "Bug Fixes",
+          "hidden": false
+      },
+      {
+          "type": "refactor",
+          "section": "Refactors",
+          "hidden": false
+      }
+  ]
+}