diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0e7ee59..93e91ef2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Xcode
 .DS_Store
+.build/
 build/
 *.pbxuser
 !default.pbxuser
@@ -9,13 +10,20 @@ build/
 !default.mode2v3
 *.perspectivev3
 !default.perspectivev3
-*.xcworkspace
-!default.xcworkspace
 xcuserdata
 profile
 *.moved-aside
 DerivedData
 .idea/
+
+# SPM
+.swiftpm
+
+# CocoaPods
 Pods/
 Podfile.lock
+*.xcworkspace
+!default.xcworkspace
+
+# Carthage
 Carthage/
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..132ec753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "4.2.2"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f54d0cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "bootstrap-sha": "b56b39cec0e3d5938ddadbfeb4d3fec541ebbb5e",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false,
+      "extra-files": [
+        "README.md",
+        "Google-Maps-iOS-Utils.podspec",
+        "Podfile.template"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}