diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
index 1a9617a..4b7919f 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-config.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+    "release-type": "node",
     "extra-files": [
         "satellite/package.json",
         "webui/package.json"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index dbc9578..0ce242a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # use a token so that git pushes trigger subsequent workflow runs
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
-          release-type: node
           config-file: .github/release-please-config.json