diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47fb725bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "2.0.2"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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index 000000000..58624c763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "java-yoshi",
+  "prerelease-type": "rc1",
+  "versioning": "prerelease",
+  "separate-pull-requests": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(${branch}): release ${version}",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": { }
+  }
+,
+  "prerelease": true
+}