diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-gyp.yml b/.github/workflows/node-gyp.yml
index 259aa337..2b535b01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-gyp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-gyp.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           path: node-gyp
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 18.x
+          node-version: 20.x
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 0adab0a7..b4ce1ee1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          release-type: python
-          package-name: gyp-next
-          bump-minor-pre-major: true
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21e62fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "package-name": "gyp-next",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true
+}