diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index d6fd2da..d1ec716 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "release-type": "node",
+  "release-type": "simple",
   "include-component-in-tag": false,
   "packages": {
     ".": {