diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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index 00000000..b2abfd3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
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+{
+  ".": "14.0.1"
+}
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": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "java",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "ruby",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "version-file": "metadata.rb"
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}