diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 9d507eee..b1434427 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-nodejs:latest
-  digest: sha256:41d5457ff79c3945782ab7e23bf4d617fd7bf3f2b03b6d84808010f7d2e10ca2
+  digest: sha256:06c970a44680229c1e8cefa701dbc93b80468ec4a34e6968475084e4ec1e2d7d
diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 85344b92..a1b41da3 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+handleGHRelease: true
 releaseType: node