diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 452442a9..661906f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1377707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "release-type": "go"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 37042e6e..242f66d8 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -5,10 +5,5 @@
     ],
     "include-v-in-tag": true,
     "signoff": "GitHub Bot <48106979+bpg-bot@users.noreply.github.com>",
-    "skip-github-releases": false,
-    "packages": {
-        ".": {
-            "release-type": "go"
-        }
-    }
+    "skip-github-releases": false
 }