diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2269a2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "go",
+      "package-name": "hcloud-cli"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 4bf47f76..112a91ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.HCLOUD_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          release-type: go
-          package-name: hcloud-cli
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json