diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8acf8ac..0e97659 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ testresults
 # temporary files
 tmp
 scanner
-sfge*.log.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+sfge*.log.gz
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1c56072..7f0f873 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
 	".": "0.0.0"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 91ac368..16ccac8 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	"prerelease": true,
 	"plugins": [{ "type": "sentence-case" }],
 	"release-type": "sfdx",
+	"prerelease-type": "beta",
 	"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
 	"extra-files": [
 		{