diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 4b4790196a2a..dd45f709bcdb 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *~
 # exclude these files
 *.ejs
+.release-please-manifest.json
 CHANGELOG.md
 Dockerfile
 Makefile
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0ef740eca7b3..0967ef424bce 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-{
-  "bootstrap-sha": "79980295f3bc209d006d14c8555ac1cbf430edb4"
-}
+{}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 9721e3cc1d87..ae816d1b6e82 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "79980295f3bc209d006d14c8555ac1cbf430edb4",
   "release-type": "node",
   "changelog-sections": [
     { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },