diff --git a/.github/release-please/config.json b/.github/release-please/config.json
index 457ab14b1..46bc4e6b0 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/config.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "release-type": "node",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "890b9a32a7cfa2c3d3589f00a8b904fbaa88d66c",
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
   "tag-separator": "@",