diff --git a/.github/terraform-maintainers b/.github/terraform-maintainers
deleted file mode 100644
index 84f609a..0000000
--- a/.github/terraform-maintainers
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-matttrach
-jiaqiluo
-HarrisonWAffel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index a3b0404..874bd59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -7,26 +7,20 @@ on:
 jobs:
   create-issue:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'version/v0' }}
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.event.label.name, 'release/v') }}
     steps:
       - name: Create GitHub Issue
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
+            const labelName = context.payload.label.name;
             const parentIssue = context.payload.issue;
             const parentIssueTitle = parentIssue.title;
             const parentIssueNumber = parentIssue.number;
             const repo = context.repo.repo;
             const owner = context.repo.owner;
             const parentIssueBody = parentIssue.body;
-
-            const fs = require('fs'); // Import the Node.js file system module
-            const fileContent = fs.readFileSync('.github/terraform-maintainers', 'utf8');
-            const assignees = fileContent.split('\n').map(u => u.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-            if (assignees.length === 0) {
-              console.log('No assignees found in the team file.');
-              return;
-            }
+            const assignees = ['matttrach', 'jiaqiluo', 'HarrisonWAffel']
 
             if (!parentIssueBody) {
               core.setFailed('Issue body is empty.');
@@ -46,9 +40,9 @@ jobs:
             const newIssue = await github.rest.issues.create({
               owner: owner,
               repo: repo,
-              title: `Backport #${prNumber} to release/v0`,
-              body:  `Backport #${prNumber} to release/v0 for #${parentIssueNumber}`,
-              labels: ['release/v0'],
+              title: `Backport #${prNumber} to ${labelName}`,
+              body:  `Backport #${prNumber} to ${labelName} for #${parentIssueNumber}`,
+              labels: [labelName],
               assignees: assignees
             });
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/main-issue.yml
index 2a8d2cc..8d565c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main-issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main-issue.yml
@@ -21,16 +21,9 @@ jobs:
             const newLabels = ['internal/main'];
             const releaseLabel = pr.labels.find(label => label.name.startsWith('release/v'));
             if (releaseLabel) {
-              const versionLabel = releaseLabel.name.replace('release/', 'version/');
-              newLabels.push(versionLabel);
-            }
-            const fs = require('fs'); // Import the Node.js file system module
-            const fileContent = fs.readFileSync('.github/terraform-maintainers', 'utf8');
-            const assignees = fileContent.split('\n').map(u => u.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-            if (assignees.length === 0) {
-              console.log('No assignees found in the team file.');
-              return;
+              newLabels.push(releaseLabel);
             }
+            const assignees = ['matttrach', 'jiaqiluo', 'HarrisonWAffel']
 
             // Note: can't get terraform-maintainers team, the default token can't access org level objects
             // Create the main issue
@@ -57,9 +50,9 @@ jobs:
               const newSubIssue = await github.rest.issues.create({
                 owner: owner,
                 repo: repo,
-                title: `Backport #${pr.number} to release/v0`,
-                body:  `Backport #${pr.number} to release/v0 for #${parentIssueNumber}`,
-                labels: ['release/v0'],
+                title: `Backport #${pr.number} to ${releaseLabel}`,
+                body:  `Backport #${pr.number} to ${releaseLabel} for #${parentIssueNumber}`,
+                labels: [releaseLabel],
                 assignees: assignees
               });
               const subIssueId = newSubIssue.data.id;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f0a959c..cabdc7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ name: release
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - release/v0
-    - release/v1
+    - release/v*
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -23,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
         id: release-please
         with:
           release-type: go
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
       # These run only if a release PR was opened or modified, so not when the PR is merged
       - uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1 https://github.com/actions/github-script/commits/main
         name: wait-for-e2e
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ec2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "./": "0.1.0"
+}
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 3476040..ab045cb 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1756035328,
-        "narHash": "sha256-vC7SslUBCtdT3T37ZH3PLIWYmTkSeppL5BJJByUjYCM=",
+        "lastModified": 1756128520,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R94HxJBi+RK1iCm8Y4Q9pdrHZl0GZoDPIaYwjxRNPh4=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "6b0b1559e918d4f7d1df398ee1d33aeac586d4d6",
+        "rev": "c53baa6685261e5253a1c355a1b322f82674a824",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bce179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    "./": {}
+  }
+}