diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 5404c61..2641dd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ jobs:
           DAGGER_VERSION: 0.14.0
         run: |
           curl -L https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | BIN_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin sh
-      - name: Create image and manifest
-        env:
-          REGISTRY_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
-          REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          task publish
-          task manifest
-      - name: Attach manifest to workflow run
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: manifest.yaml
-          path: ./manifest.yaml
+#      - name: Create image and manifest
+#        env:
+#          REGISTRY_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+#          REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+#        run: |
+#          task publish
+#          task manifest
+#      - name: Attach manifest to workflow run
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+#        with:
+#          name: manifest.yaml
+#          path: ./manifest.yaml
       # TODO: remove bump-minor-pre-major when in production. It prevents
       #   release-please from bumping the major version on breaking changes.
       # TODO: remove release-as after first release. Used to set the first
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d9a517..27f8af1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,10 +105,12 @@ Both checks are necessary to proceed with the installation.
 
 Use `kubectl` to apply the manifest for the latest commit in the `main` branch:
 
+<!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```sh
 kubectl apply -f \
   https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/releases/download/v0.1.0/manifest.yaml
 ```
+<!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
 Example output:
 
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 5eb74c9..4a46576 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
   "draft": false,
+  "extra-files": [
+    "README.md"
+  ],
   "prerelease": false,
   "packages": {
     ".": {}
   },
   "plugins": [ "sentence-case" ],
-  "release-as": "0.1.0",
   "signoff": "Peggie <info@cloudnative-pg.io>",
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
 }