diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 6a2d34dd89..74314d8e6b 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       ".github",
       ".vscode"
     ],
-    "release-type": "python",
+    "release-type": "simple",
     "include-component-in-tag": false,
     "include-v-in-tag": true,
     "packages": {