diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 5c6dc2a9b..c657bae26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -173,23 +173,12 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.UCI_GITHUB_TOKEN || github.token }}
-          command: manifest
-          release-type: node
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
           config-file: .release-please.json
-          changelog-types: |
-            [
-              { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
-              { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes", "hidden": false },
-              { "type": "chore", "section": "Trivial Changes", "hidden": false },
-              { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": false },
-              { "type": "deps", "section": "Dependencies", "hidden": false },
-              { "type": "refactor", "section": "Refactors", "hidden": false }
-            ]
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -202,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           docker-token: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
           docker-username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         name: Run release version
         run: |
           git update-index --assume-unchanged packages/helia/src/version.ts
@@ -210,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.UCI_GITHUB_TOKEN || github.token }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - if: ${{ !steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created != 'true' }}
         name: Run release rc
         run: |
             git update-index --assume-unchanged packages/helia/src/version.ts
diff --git a/.release-please.json b/.release-please.json
index f583b9188..10d16aa85 100644
--- a/.release-please.json
+++ b/.release-please.json
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 {
+  "release-type": "node",
   "plugins": ["node-workspace"],
-  "last-release-sha": "456f6841aa4f6f27cb9b8636c90a1765a3018878",
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "deps", "section": "Dependencies", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "refactor", "section": "Refactors", "hidden": false }
+  ],
   "packages": {
     "packages/block-brokers": {},
     "packages/car": {},