diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d4bd466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.128.8"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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index 00000000..c80f5319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "java-yoshi",
+  "prerelease-type": "rc1",
+  "versioning": "prerelease",
+  "separate-pull-requests": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(${branch}): release ${version}",
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "extra-files": []
+    }
+  }
+}