diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-dev.json b/.release-please-manifest-dev.json
index 6cdb0a3e1..4bf1447c1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-dev.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-dev.json
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
+  ".": "2.4.0b2",
   "prerelease": true,
   "versioning-strategy": "prerelease",
-  "prerelease-type": "b"
+  "prerelease-type": "b",
+  "draft-pr": true
 }