diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96d9691c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    ".": "0.1.0"
+}
diff --git a/google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..405b1ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+__version__ = "0.1.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 1744dcba..dd7d4d91 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 {
     "$schema": 
 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-    "packages": {},
-    "release-type": "python",
-    "extra-files": [
-        "**/gapic_version.py",
-        {
-            "type": "json",
-            "path": "samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata*.json",
-            "jsonpath": "$.clientLibrary.version"
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "release-type": "python",
+            "extra-files": [
+                "google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py",
+                {
+                    "type": "json",
+                    "path": "ssamples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1.json",
+                    "jsonpath": "$.clientLibrary.version"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "json",
+                    "path": "ssamples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1beta2.json",
+                    "jsonpath": "$.clientLibrary.version"
+                }
+            ]
         }
-    ],
+    },
+    "release-type": "python",
     "plugins": [
         {
             "type": "sentence-case"
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_language_v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_language_v1.json
rename to samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1.json
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_language_v1beta2.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1beta2.json
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_language_v1beta2.json
rename to samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1beta2.json