diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json b/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
index a74caaae25c6..fba884caddd9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "artifactregistry": "1.14.1",
     "asset": "1.14.1",
     "assuredworkloads": "1.11.1",
-    "auth": "0.0.0",
     "automl": "1.13.1",
     "baremetalsolution": "1.2.0",
     "batch": "1.4.0",
diff --git a/internal/postprocessor/releaseplease.go b/internal/postprocessor/releaseplease.go
index f63214a18180..8188294cf5a8 100644
--- a/internal/postprocessor/releaseplease.go
+++ b/internal/postprocessor/releaseplease.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 var individuallyReleasedModules map[string]bool = map[string]bool{
 	".":              true,
+	"auth":           true,
 	"bigquery":       true,
 	"bigtable":       true,
 	"datastore":      true,
diff --git a/release-please-config-yoshi-submodules.json b/release-please-config-yoshi-submodules.json
index 9c394d29c0c8..ea3f7d841c34 100644
--- a/release-please-config-yoshi-submodules.json
+++ b/release-please-config-yoshi-submodules.json
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
         "assuredworkloads": {
             "component": "assuredworkloads"
         },
-        "auth": {
-            "component": "auth"
-        },
         "automl": {
             "component": "automl"
         },