diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 3e2b0e2..e7eb30d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
           # (PAT) and configured it as a GitHub action secret named
           # `MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN` (this secret name is not important).
           token: ${{ secrets.MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
-          # optional. customize path to release-please-config.json
+          release-type: python
           config-file: release-please-config.json
-          # optional. customize path to .release-please-manifest.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json