diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 6b8a73b3..ff5126c1 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:36a95b8f494e4674dc9eee9af98961293b51b86b3649942aac800ae6c1f796d4
+  digest: sha256:dfa9b663b32de8b5b327e32c1da665a80de48876558dd58091d8160c60ad7355
diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 4507ad05..466597e5 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 releaseType: python
+handleGHRelease: true
diff --git a/.github/release-trigger.yml b/.github/release-trigger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4ca9418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-trigger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enabled: true