diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..823d5ca
--- /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": {
+        ".": {
+            "changelog-path": "docs/changelog.rst",
+            "release-type": "python"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index a1a4644..63581bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          release-type: simple
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json