diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 6e2ccf3..fbbb923 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
       "include-component-in-tag": false,
       "extra-files": [
         "lib/src/ld_client.dart",
-        "example/pubspec.yaml"
+        {
+          "type": "generic",
+          "path": "example/pubspec.yaml"
+        }
       ]
     }
   },