diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
index 1538a2e70..6189bc705 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ CHANGELOG.md
 ^tests/
 .pre-commit-config.yaml
 (?:^|/)a2a\.json$
-
+release-please-config.json
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index ee66a5e58..2013ac0a2 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "prerelease": true,
   "last-release-sha": "5268218c1ad6671552b7cbad34703f3abbb4fcce",
   "prerelease-type": "alpha",
+  "draft": true,
   "packages": {
     ".": {}
   }