diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index af7284e..02aa465 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ members = ["crates/rompatch-core", "crates/rompatch", "crates/rompatch-gui"]
 exclude = ["fuzz"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.3.1"
+# Crate versions are declared per-member: release-please's rust strategy
+# rewrites `package.version` in each crate and cannot handle
+# `version.workspace = true` inheritance.
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/GregTheGreek/rompatch-rs"
diff --git a/crates/rompatch-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/rompatch-core/Cargo.toml
index 45add12..7c3ede7 100644
--- a/crates/rompatch-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rompatch-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rompatch-core"
-version.workspace = true
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rompatch-gui/Cargo.toml b/crates/rompatch-gui/Cargo.toml
index 8d161e6..7f62155 100644
--- a/crates/rompatch-gui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rompatch-gui/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rompatch-gui"
-version.workspace = true
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ crate-type = ["rlib"]
 tauri-build = { version = "=2.6.1", features = [] }
 
 [dependencies]
-rompatch-core = { version = "=0.3.1", path = "../rompatch-core", features = ["serde"] } # x-release-please-version
+rompatch-core = { version = "=0.3.1", path = "../rompatch-core", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "=1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "=1.0.149"
 sha2 = "=0.10.9"
diff --git a/crates/rompatch/Cargo.toml b/crates/rompatch/Cargo.toml
index c73af59..356d42d 100644
--- a/crates/rompatch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rompatch/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rompatch"
-version.workspace = true
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name = "rompatch"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-rompatch-core = { path = "../rompatch-core", version = "0.3.1" } # x-release-please-version
+rompatch-core = { path = "../rompatch-core", version = "0.3.1" }
 lexopt = "0.3"
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 0734090..7f4ee2c 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
       "component": "rompatch",
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
       "extra-files": [
-        {
-          "type": "generic",
-          "path": "crates/rompatch-gui/Cargo.toml"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "generic",
-          "path": "crates/rompatch/Cargo.toml"
-        },
         {
           "type": "json",
           "path": "crates/rompatch-gui/ui/package.json",