diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 476cf83..ea5e1d5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {
   "packages": {
-    "php": {
-      "release-type": "simple"
-    }
+    "php": "1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 0c4f380..e537856 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   "include-component-in-tag": true,
   "tag-separator": "/",
   "packages": {
-    "php": {}
+    "php": {
+      "release-type": "simple"
+    }
   }
 }