diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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index 0e137c7..0000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
- "commit-search-depth": 5
-}
diff --git a/release-please-manifest.json b/release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea875e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "bootstrap-sha": "3f5634c9d4fe1f58b11fdd952940e12a59c99100"
+}