diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f054d246da48..94f6b413c7636 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 !/test/
 !/workspaces/
 
+!/.release-please-manifest.json
+!/release-please-config.json
 !/.eslintrc.js
 !/.eslintrc.local.json
 !/.gitattributes
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..295602497bef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "workspaces/arborist": "5.6.1",
+  "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "6.0.3",
+  "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "4.0.4",
+  "workspaces/libnpmexec": "4.0.11",
+  "workspaces/libnpmfund": "3.0.2",
+  "workspaces/libnpmhook": "8.0.3",
+  "workspaces/libnpmorg": "4.0.3",
+  "workspaces/libnpmpack": "4.1.2",
+  "workspaces/libnpmpublish": "6.0.4",
+  "workspaces/libnpmsearch": "5.0.3",
+  "workspaces/libnpmteam": "4.0.3",
+  "workspaces/libnpmversion": "3.0.6"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..27eb2d572cf1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "separate-pull-requests": true,
+  "changelog-sections":             [
+    {"type":"feat","section":"Features","hidden":false},
+    {"type":"fix","section":"Bug Fixes","hidden":false},
+    {"type":"docs","section":"Documentation","hidden":false},
+    {"type":"deps","section":"Dependencies","hidden":false},
+    {"type":"chore","hidden":true}
+  ],
+  "packages": {
+    "workspaces/arborist": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmaccess": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmdiff": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmexec": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmfund": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmhook": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmorg": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmpack": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmpublish": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmsearch": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmteam": {},
+    "workspaces/libnpmversion": {}
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md b/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md
index f1132c9e67457..86bfcd4aefdf4 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [5.6.1](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/arborist-v5.6.0...arborist-v5.6.1) (2022-08-24)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* create links relative to the target ([1e84102](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/1e841029917817556207c39d25be1ea91e2959e7))
+* inline single-use functions ([ea5e3a3](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/ea5e3a319a7c1b5f7f2a66284227a34b79b2c831))
+* linting ([bd2ae5d](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/bd2ae5d79eb8807bfca6075e98432c545a9ededa))
+* update `index.js` spelling error in comment ([#5329](https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/5329)) ([645c680](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/645c6804c09014b96c2d1eff191b174d12a2b7c0))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* @npmcli/eslint-config@3.1.0 ([8ab12dc](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/8ab12dc32b26db770b868cf694cedab38f4e7460))
+
 ## [5.6.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/arborist-v5.5.0...arborist-v5.6.0) (2022-08-17)
 
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/package.json b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
index 124cb6650ce00..9d0cccf8a3ba1 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@npmcli/arborist",
-  "version": "5.6.0",
+  "version": "5.6.1",
   "description": "Manage node_modules trees",
   "dependencies": {
     "@isaacs/string-locale-compare": "^1.1.0",