diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index e692ec0c5f8..48767cd31f3 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "last-release-sha": "6f7d90935fef0a1fe9bc2570c8b97266a19b128a",
+  "commit-search-depth": 140,
   "release-type": "node",
   "tag-separator": "@",
   "label": "skip visual snapshots",