diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
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index 3c065997..00000000
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-releaseType: node
-handleGHRelease: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
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index 00000000..70660547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+on:
+   push:
+     branches:
+       - master
+name: release-please
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: bcoe/release-please-action@v1.2.1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: node
+          package-name: yargs-parser