diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 5987c28..f30bd5f 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",
   "release-type": "node",
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
   "packages": {
     ".": {}
   }