diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
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-{
-    ".": "2.33.0"
-}
-  
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diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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-{
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-    "packages": {
-      ".": {
-        "release-type": "python",
-        "extra-files": [
-          "google/pubsub/gapic_version.py",
-          "google/pubsub_v1/gapic_version.py",
-          {
-            "type": "json",
-            "path": "samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.pubsub.v1.json",
-            "jsonpath": "$.clientLibrary.version"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "release-type": "python",
-    "plugins": [
-      {
-        "type": "sentence-case"
-      }
-    ],
-    "initial-version": "0.1.0"
-}
-  
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