diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 823d5ca..0000000
--- a/.github/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-    "packages": {
-        ".": {
-            "changelog-path": "docs/changelog.rst",
-            "release-type": "python"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index 63581bf..42f4b1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          changelog-path: docs/changelog.rst
+          release-type: python