diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0115689b288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+primaryBranch: develop
+releaseType: node
+packageName: blockly
+manifest: true
+manifestConfig: release-please-config.json
+manifestFile: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fc36aff0dd..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - develop
-name: release-please
-jobs:
-  release-please:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v3.0.0
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          release-type: node
-          package-name: blockly
-          command: manifest
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f3df3ba67f4..c6f67ad427e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "package.json": "7.20211209.0"
+  ".": "7.20211209.0"
 }