diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index ad018ee9..851a38b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           release-type: python
           package-name: imednet
-          version-file: pyproject.toml
+          version-file: packages/core/pyproject.toml
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index eef1d01f..d14ea357 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Releases are fully automated and driven by merged PR titles:
    ```
 3. Merge to `main` using **Squash and merge** so the PR title becomes the merged commit message.
 4. The `Automated Release` workflow runs `release-please` on `main` pushes and opens/updates a
-   Release PR with calculated semantic version, changelog updates, and `pyproject.toml` version
-   updates.
+   Release PR with calculated semantic version, changelog updates, and `packages/core/pyproject.toml`
+   version updates.
 5. Maintainers trigger publication by approving and merging the bot-created Release PR.
 
 Configuration requirements:
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index 70060c75..eb894cd7 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ Releases are fully automated and driven by merged PR titles:
 
 3. Merge to ``main`` with **Squash and merge** so the PR title becomes the merged commit message.
 4. The ``Automated Release`` workflow runs ``release-please`` on ``main`` pushes and opens/updates
-   a Release PR with semantic version and changelog updates.
+   a Release PR with semantic version, changelog updates, and ``packages/core/pyproject.toml``
+   version updates.
 5. Maintainers trigger publication by approving and merging the bot-created Release PR.
 
 Configuration requirements: