diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml
index 9775077..92e4fa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-release-please.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: ${{ inputs.release_type || 'terraform-module' }}
+          release-type: ${{ inputs.release_type }}
           config-file: ${{ inputs.release_please_config_file }}
           manifest-file: ${{ inputs.release_please_manifest_file }}
       - name: tag major and minor versions
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e18ee07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ee0505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "changelog-sections": [
+        {
+          "type": "feat",
+          "section": "Features"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "feature",
+          "section": "feature"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "fix",
+          "section": "Bug Fixes"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "perf",
+          "section": "Performance Improvements"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "revert",
+          "section": "Reverts"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "docs",
+          "section": "Documentation"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "chore",
+          "section": "Miscellaneous Chores"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "refactor",
+          "section": "Code Refactoring"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "test",
+          "section": "Tests"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "build",
+          "section": "Build System"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "ci",
+          "section": "Continuous Integration"
+        }
+      ],
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
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