diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 1544d407..a403dc29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
 name: release-please
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
-        with:
-          release-type: simple
-          package-name: nvim-tree
-          command: github-release
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: tag major and minor versions
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8aafb4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "nvim-tree",
+      "release-type": "simple"
+    }
+  }
+}