diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7ece881fdf..ae9ce70af9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "packages/runtime": "4.15.0"
+  "packages/runtime": "4.15.0",
+  "packages/next": "0.0.1"
 }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index ff3da43f3d..9e9653e2f0 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "packages": {
     "packages/runtime": {},
     "packages/next": {}
-  }
+  },
+  "plugins": ["node-workspace"]
 }