diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 191b1b9de9..5b373038df 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 releaseType: java-yoshi
-bumpMinorPreMajor: true
-extraFiles:
-  - >-
-    bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-client-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/config/BigtableVersionInfo.java
-  - >-
-    bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-hbase/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/hbase/BigtableHBaseVersion.java
+manifest: true
 handleGHRelease: true
 branches:
   - branch: bigtable-1.x
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6eadb43e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "2.13.0"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d102c9c71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "last-release-sha": "725c92c15fb7caf6f327bc2683d76d0d4fe6f039",
+  "release-type": "java-yoshi",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "extra-files": [
+    "bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-client-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/config/BigtableVersionInfo.java",
+    "bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-hbase/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/hbase/BigtableHBaseVersion.java"
+  ],
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file