diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
index e30c7016e..a65c8870e 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-config.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "separate-pull-requests": true,
+  "bootstrap-sha": "c918ffc59eafa01fbc63d5df11ba621cc1888c64",
   "packages": {
     "packages/access-client": {},
     "packages/access-api": {},