From d81b7a120a81ea605bc0f84947b48a7671b73f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diego Marquez <diegomarquezp@google.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 15:23:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add configuration for protobuf-4.x-rc branch

---
 .github/release-please.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 80d149bc1d..9de4135d48 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ extraFiles:
     hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-c.cfg
   - generation_config.yaml
 branches:
+  - branch: protobuf-4.x-rc
+    bumpMinorPreMajor: true
+    handleGHRelease: true
+    manifest: true
+    releaseType: java-yoshi
   - branch: 2.23.x
     releaseType: java-backport
     manifest: true