diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index ff2933e..79d55fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -12,16 +12,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: go
+          release-type: simple
           package-name: "snakemake-hpc-teaching-material"
 
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: release-please
-    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eefcb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.0