diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2269a2f9..00000000
--- a/.github/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "packages": {
-    ".": {
-      "release-type": "go",
-      "package-name": "hcloud-cli"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 112a91ea..4bf47f76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.HCLOUD_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          release-type: go
+          package-name: hcloud-cli