diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b198a81..2c87582 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,14 +37,28 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Inject Manual Inputs into Config
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Determine if this is a prerelease
+          IS_PRERELEASE=${{ github.event.inputs.release-type == 'next' }}
+          PREID="${{ github.event.inputs.preid }}"
+
+          # Use jq to update the configuration file dynamically.
+          # We update the root package (.) with the workflow inputs.
+          jq --arg pre "$IS_PRERELEASE" --arg id "$PREID" \
+            '.packages["."].prerelease = ($pre == "true") | .packages["."]["prerelease-type"] = $id' \
+            release-please-config.json > tmp.json && mv tmp.json release-please-config.json
+
+          echo "Updated release-please-config.json:"
+          cat release-please-config.json
+
       - name: Release Please
         id: release
         uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           skip-github-pull-request: true
-          prerelease: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-type == 'next' }}
-          prerelease-type: ${{ github.event.inputs.preid }}
 
   # STAGE 2: Build & Publish
   publish:
@@ -68,9 +82,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish to NPM
         run: pnpm publish --no-git-checks --provenance --access public
 
-      - name: GitHub Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ needs.bump.outputs.tag_name }}
-          body: ${{ needs.bump.outputs.body }}
-          prerelease: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-type == 'next' }}
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ needs.bump.outputs.body }}" > release_notes.md
+
+          PRERELEASE_FLAG=""
+          if [ "${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}" = "next" ]; then
+            PRERELEASE_FLAG="--prerelease"
+          fi
+
+          gh release create ${{ needs.bump.outputs.tag_name }} \
+            --title "${{ needs.bump.outputs.tag_name }}" \
+            --notes-file release_notes.md \
+            $PRERELEASE_FLAG
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}