diff --git a/.github/release/config.json b/.github/release/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fae5f96eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "Changelog.md",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "package-name": "mysql2",
+      "release-type": "node"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release/manifest.json
similarity index 100%
rename from .release-please-manifest.json
rename to .github/release/manifest.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bdc1a19688..8aa97e3db8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          config-file: .github/release/config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/release/manifest.json
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
@@ -22,7 +26,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         with:
-          node-version: 22
+          check-latest: true
+          node-version: lts/*
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
           package-manager-cache: false
 
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f27b568313..0000000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "packages": {
-    ".": {
-      "release-type": "node",
-      "changelog-path": "Changelog.md",
-      "package-name": "mysql2"
-    }
-  }
-}