diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 0500e45a7..5eeaa243e 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       "versioning": "default"
     },
     "packages/shared": {
+      "release-as": "1.0.0",
       "release-type": "node",
       "prerelease": false,
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,