diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 661906f4..4b8a010f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-name: release-please
-
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
+name: release-please
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@a6d1fd9854c8c40688a72f7e4b072a1e965860a0 #v4.0.0
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@db8f2c60ee802b3748b512940dde88eabd7b7e01 #v3.7.13
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: go
+          extra-files: |
+            Makefile
+          skip-github-release: false
+          include-v-in-tag: true
+          changelog-types: '[{"type":"feat","section":"Features","hidden":false},{"type":"fix","section":"Bug Fixes","hidden":false},{"type":"chore","section":"Miscellaneous","hidden":false}]'
+          signoff: 'GitHub Bot <48106979+bpg-bot@users.noreply.github.com>'
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a1377707..00000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "packages": {
-        ".": {
-            "release-type": "go"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 242f66d8..00000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
-    "extra-files": [
-        "Makefile"
-    ],
-    "include-v-in-tag": true,
-    "signoff": "GitHub Bot <48106979+bpg-bot@users.noreply.github.com>",
-    "skip-github-releases": false
-}