diff --git a/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json b/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json
index 9ea3822f6985..69f4de48190e 100644
--- a/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   "packages/google-apps-meet": "0.5.0",
   "packages/google-apps-script-type": "0.8.0",
   "packages/google-area120-tables": "0.15.0",
-  "packages/google-auth": "2.58.0",
   "packages/google-auth-httplib2": "0.4.2",
   "packages/google-auth-oauthlib": "1.4.1",
   "packages/google-backstory": "0.1.0",
diff --git a/.release-please-individual-manifest.json b/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
index 816fea10d0e7..ed1bcfa8797d 100644
--- a/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "packages/google-auth": "2.58.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-apptopology": "0.1.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-ftp": "0.1.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-sql": "0.1.1",
diff --git a/release-please-bulk-config.json b/release-please-bulk-config.json
index ffa59f57b926..10595588bcf2 100644
--- a/release-please-bulk-config.json
+++ b/release-please-bulk-config.json
@@ -202,9 +202,6 @@
         }
       ]
     },
-    "packages/google-auth": {
-      "component": "google-auth"
-    },
     "packages/google-auth-httplib2": {
       "component": "google-auth-httplib2"
     },
diff --git a/release-please-individual-config.json b/release-please-individual-config.json
index 58ffc2a19fc0..d3a8fa0a3989 100644
--- a/release-please-individual-config.json
+++ b/release-please-individual-config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
   "packages": {
+    "packages/google-auth": {
+      "component": "google-auth",
+      "extra-label": "auth"
+    },
     "packages/google-cloud-apptopology": {
       "component": "google-cloud-apptopology",
       "extra-files": [