diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
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+{
+  ".": "1.0.0"
+}
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": "shipengine",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false
+    }
+  }
+}