diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
index c6652dc..ca292c5 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-config.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
   "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore${scope}: release @trogonstack/next-nats v${version}",
   "release-type": "node",
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
-  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
   "draft": false,
   "draft-pull-request": false,
   "prerelease": false,
   "pull-request-header": "An automated release has been created for you.",
   "separate-pull-requests": true,
-  "signoff": "github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>"
+  "signoff": "SHT Bot <61149376+sht-bot@users.noreply.github.com>"
 }
diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 0967ef4..8c51d23 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-{}
+{
+  "packages/next-nats": "0.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from .github/workflows/release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release-please.yml
index ea7b1dd..82263d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Release
+name: Release Please
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -12,23 +12,26 @@ permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
+    name: Release Please
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     permissions:
       contents: write
-      issues: write
       pull-requests: write
     outputs:
-      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+      releases_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - id: release
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5.0.0
+        uses: TrogonStack/github-actions/actions/release-please@ef815593d21446b5077d490219e60c0d2290b03d # release-please@v0.1.0
         with:
-          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
-          manifest-file: .github/release-please-manifest.json
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION }}
 
   publish:
     needs: release-please
-    if: needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true'
+    if: needs.release-please.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0967ef4..0000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 176e1de..0000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "bootstrap-sha": "6f89aa8a9992a1d204dfbc09775047940a3256cd",
-  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
-  "include-component-in-tag": false,
-  "packages": {
-    "packages/next-nats": {
-      "release-type": "node",
-      "package-name": "@trogonstack/next-nats",
-      "initial-version": "0.1.0"
-    }
-  }
-}