diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 8aafb4f2..bb81fab2 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "bootstrap-sha": "34780aca5bac0a58c163ea30719a276fead1bd95",
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "package-name": "nvim-tree",