diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0aab28c..c1156bb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "cli": "3.1.0",
-  "plugins/typescript": "11.1.0"
+  "plugins/typescript": "11.1.0",
+  ".": "0.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 406ffd9..1f6dfa8 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
       "bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor": false,
       "changelogPath": "CHANGELOG.md",
       "versioning": "default"
+    },
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false
     }
-  }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
 }