diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 21bbc246..397b3285 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@18e07ccc3cbf9452c36a903319d532486196dba9
         id: release
         with:
-          command: manifest
           token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
           default-branch: main
 
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 66c7193d..d97616c7 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "package-name": "dev.openfeature.sdk",
-      "release-type": "simple",
       "monorepo-tags": false,
       "include-component-in-tag": false,
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,