diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a312649a..c96cf72b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "crates/delta": "0.8.8"
+    ".": "0.8.8"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index a101f422..bbc01a54 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 {
-    "include-component-in-tag": false,
     "packages": {
-        "crates/delta": {
-            "changelog-path": "../../CHANGELOG.md",
-            "release-type": "rust",
+        ".": {
+            "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+            "release-type": "simple",
             "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
             "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
             "draft": false,
             "prerelease": false,
+            "include-component-in-tag": false,
             "extra-files": [
+                {
+                    "type": "toml",
+                    "path": "crates/delta/Cargo.toml",
+                    "jsonpath": "$.package.version"
+                },
                 {
                     "type": "toml",
                     "path": "crates/bonfire/Cargo.toml",
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c5cbb3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.8.8
\ No newline at end of file