diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f24e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
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+{
+  ".": "0.1.6"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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+++ b/release-please-config.json
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+{
+  "packages": {
+      ".": {
+        "release-type": "python",
+        "package-name": "tap2junit",
+        "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+        "include-component-in-tag": false
+      }
+  }
+}