diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a3d0770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "12.18.0"
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41fccb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "extra-files": ["lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua"]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fddf82ac..9040f5e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: simple
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/.release-please-manifest.json
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: tag stable versions
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
diff --git a/doc/LazyVim.txt b/doc/LazyVim.txt
index dc975714..7227a1d2 100644
--- a/doc/LazyVim.txt
+++ b/doc/LazyVim.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*LazyVim.txt*           For Neovim >= 0.9.0          Last change: 2024 June 21
+*LazyVim.txt*           For Neovim >= 0.9.0          Last change: 2024 June 23
 
 ==============================================================================
 Table of Contents                                  *LazyVim-table-of-contents*
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d1b8b1d..00000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "release-type": "simple",
-  "extra-files": ["lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua"]
-}