diff --git a/release-configs/runtime-rust-1.2.0.config b/release-configs/runtime-rust-1.2.0.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68c34ea7
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+++ b/release-configs/runtime-rust-1.2.0.config
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+{
+  "versioning": {
+    "version": "1.2.0",
+    "pre_release_version": "rc1"
+  },
+  "RepoList": [
+    "openwhisk-runtime-rust"
+  ],
+  "openwhisk_runtime_rust": {
+    "name": "OpenWhisk Runtime Rust",
+    "hash": "89a6381f22da364dba8a26d6bc983e4e01310759",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-rust.git",
+    "branch": "master"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/release-configs/runtimes-jpr-1.16.0.config b/release-configs/runtimes-jpr-1.16.0.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69332c5a
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+++ b/release-configs/runtimes-jpr-1.16.0.config
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+{
+  "versioning": {
+    "version": "1.16.0",
+    "pre_release_version": "rc1"
+  },
+  "RepoList": [
+    "openwhisk-runtime-java",
+    "openwhisk-runtime-python",
+    "openwhisk-runtime-ruby"
+  ],
+  "openwhisk_runtime_java": {
+    "name": "OpenWhisk Runtime Java",
+    "hash": "a23100707ca84924edb61f00e4576d32c43e3ed1",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-java.git",
+    "branch": "master"
+  },
+  "openwhisk_runtime_python": {
+    "name": "OpenWhisk Runtime Python",
+    "hash": "0e9b0ea53bb32911eccba0bdc2a748c9e7153080",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-python.git",
+    "branch": "master"
+  },
+  "openwhisk_runtime_ruby": {
+    "name": "OpenWhisk Runtime Ruby",
+    "hash": "3b8742b455a77f1a12684629877190d3dee192a0",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-ruby.git",
+    "branch": "master"
+  }
+}