diff --git a/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb b/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb
index 418f5f9..36c090f 100644
--- a/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module SSE
-  VERSION = "2.2.2"
+  VERSION = "2.2.2" # x-release-please-version
 end
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 9c5e3af..1bf4557 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "versioning": "default",
       "include-component-in-tag": false,
-      "include-v-in-tag": false
+      "include-v-in-tag": false,
+      "extra-files": ["lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb"]
     }
   }
 }