diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 90960735..9f6acffa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: maven
-          package-name: compas-scl-data-service
           target-branch: main
       - name: Checkout
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1bf2102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "packages": {
+      ".": {
+        "release-type": "maven",
+        "package-name": "compas-scl-data-service"
+      }
+    }
+  }
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diff --git a/release-please-config.json.license b/release-please-config.json.license
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8c4a7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Alliander N.V.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
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