diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 65681ae..ca32ed2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openfeature-provider-flagsmith"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Openfeature provider for Flagsmith"
 authors = [
     { name = "Matthew Elwell", email = "matthew.elwell@flagsmith.com>" }
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [tool.poetry]
 requires-poetry = ">=2.0"
 packages = [{ include = "openfeature_flagsmith" }]
-version = "0.1.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^8.0.2"
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 1dd679d..d7f3150 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "bootstrap-sha": "374e83b797fbc644ce1e5e3d14ac7acce3a9b44f",
     "packages": {
         ".": {
-            "release-type": "simple",
+            "release-type": "python",
             "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
             "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
             "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,