diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3204cc7..07d330d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -250,26 +250,21 @@ jobs:
           name: loopprojectfile-conda-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
           path: conda
 
-#   release-please:
-#     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-#     steps:
-#       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-#       - uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v4
-#         id: release
-#         with:
-#           release-type: python
-#           commit-search-depth: 10  # Fetch history for commits
-#           release-search-depth: 1  # Fetch history for tags and branches
-#           package-name-file: './pyproject.toml'
-#           bump-minor-pre-major: true  # Enable bumping minor version for pre-major releases
-#           bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major: true  # Enable bumping patch version for minor pre-major releases
-#     # outputs:
-#     #   release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-# #if a release is created then run the deploy scripts for github.io, conda, pypi and docker
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          config-file: 'release-please-config.json'
+    # outputs:
+    #   release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+#if a release is created then run the deploy scripts for github.io, conda, pypi and docker
 
   conda-upload:
-    needs: [conda-build]
+    needs: [release-please, conda-build]
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -296,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
         
   pypi-upload:
       runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
-      needs: [pip-test-wheels] 
+      needs: [release-please, pip-test-wheels] 
       # if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
       permissions:
         # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..529c9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "packages": {
+      ".": {
+        "release-type": "python",
+        "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+        "bump-minor-pre-major-pattern": "feat",
+        "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+        "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major-pattern": "fix",
+        "release-search-depth": 1,
+        "commit-search-depth": 10,
+        "version-file": "./LoopProjectFile/Version.py"
+      }
+    }
+  }
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