diff --git a/.github/config/release-please-config.json b/.github/config/release-please-config.json
index 131941946..0182b5204 100644
--- a/.github/config/release-please-config.json
+++ b/.github/config/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "pull-request-footer": "> [!IMPORTANT]\n> Close and reopen this PR to trigger CI checks.",
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "release-type": "java",