diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 9b2daa9a5..f33cf7995 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           release-type: python
           package-name: LoopStructural
+          version-file: LoopStructural/version.py
     outputs:
       release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
   # if a release is created then run the deploy scripts for github.io, conda, pypi and docker