diff --git a/.github/.release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/.release-please-config.json
rename to .github/release-please-config.json
diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/.release-please-manifest.json
rename to .github/release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 070c208..8cb4883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
----
 name: Release Please
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
-  issues: write
   pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Release Please
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v5.0.0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION }}
-          config-file: .github/.release-please-config.json
-          manifest-file: .github/.release-please-manifest.json
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/release-please-manifest.json