diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 807a65b..efcc981 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          release-type: simple
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d200a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "simple",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true
+}