diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-patch.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-patch.yaml
index 28415ac723..9d89e25623 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-patch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-patch.yaml
@@ -28,15 +28,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Configure release-please for patch releases
         shell: bash
-        run: |
-          jq '.packages["."] |= (.versioning = "always-bump-patch" | .["skip-changelog"] = true)' release-please-config.json > rp.tmp
-          mv rp.tmp release-please-config.json
+        run: jq '.packages["."] |= (.versioning = "always-bump-patch" | .["skip-changelog"] = true)' release-please-config.json > release-please-config.patch.json
 
       - name: Create release tag
         id: tag
         uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
         with:
           target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          config-file: release-please-config.patch.json
 
       - id: release-flag
         run: echo "release_created=${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_created || false }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT