diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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+{
+  "packages/conventional-changelog-cli":"2.1.1"
+}
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diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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+++ b/release-please-config.json
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+{
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bootstrap-sha": "840d139c40a2c4e773794d794c34bc4dbfde27c2",
+  "packages": {
+    "packages/conventional-changelog-cli": { "release-as": "" }
+  }
+}
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