diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 466df71..0967ef4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-{
-  ".": "0.1.0"
-}
+{}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 3830c22..294ac14 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "release-type": "simple",
+      "initial-version": "1.1.0",
       "version-file": "version.txt",
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
       "include-component-in-tag": false,