diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index be4b03dbb8..8223f18610 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ jobs:
           # can run on the PR created
           # https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/issues/688
           token: "${{ secrets.RELEASER_TOKEN }}"
-          release-type: simple
           config-file: release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 5a1a3f6b2d..734635575d 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 {
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "simple",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
   "packages": {
     ".": {
-      "package-name": "kurtosis",
-      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
-      "bump-path-for-minor-pre-major": false,
-      "include-v-in-tag": false
+      "package-name": "kurtosis"
     }
   }
 }