diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index a34f7e60..9790f3ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,7 @@ jobs:
               { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes" },
               { "type": "build", "scope": "deps", "section": "Dependency Updates" }
             ]
-          release-type: go
+          release-type: simple
+          extra-files: |
+            kustomization.yaml
+            README.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e682419..cb0ee3c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,10 +127,12 @@ the Image Scanner default kustomization as a
 [remote directory](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/blob/master/examples/remoteBuild.md#remote-directories)
 base. Your initial kustomization.yaml could be as simple as:
 
+<!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```yaml
 resources:
-  - https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator//config/default?ref=vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
+  - https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator?ref=v0.0.0
 ```
+<!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
 If you have multiple clusters, you should create one
 [variant](https://kubectl.docs.kubernetes.io/references/kustomize/glossary/#variant)
diff --git a/kustomization.yaml b/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..760d0019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - config/default
+images:
+  - name: image-scanner/controller
+    newName: ghcr.io/statnett/image-scanner-operator
+    newTag: 0.0.0 # x-release-please-version