diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 67b69fa20..b7b3ef016 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-{ "packages/cli": "5.5.4", "packages/core": "5.5.4", "packages/http": "5.5.4", "packages/http-server": "5.5.4" }
+{
+  ".": "5.5.4",
+  "packages/cli": "5.5.4",
+  "packages/core": "5.5.4",
+  "packages/http": "5.5.4",
+  "packages/http-server": "5.5.4"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index ce75de28b..80843a308 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,11 +1,38 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "plugins": ["node-workspace"],
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "type": "node-workspace",
+      "merge": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "linked-versions",
+      "groupName": "prism",
+      "components": ["prism", "cli", "core", "http", "http-server"]
+    }
+  ],
   "sequential-calls": true,
   "packages": {
-    "packages/cli": {},
-    "packages/core": {},
-    "packages/http": {},
-    "packages/http-server": {}
+    ".": {
+      "component": "prism",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
+    },
+    "packages/cli": {
+      "component": "cli",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
+    },
+    "packages/core": {
+      "component": "core",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
+    },
+    "packages/http": {
+      "component": "http",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
+    },
+    "packages/http-server": {
+      "component": "http-server",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0413736d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5.5.4
\ No newline at end of file