diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index afb1eff2e..9deb4e47a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - parentv0
 name: Run Release Please
 jobs:
   release-please:
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION_TOKEN}}
+          target-branch: parentv0
     outputs:
       release_created: ${{ fromJSON(steps.release.outputs.paths_released)[0] != null }} # if we have a single release path, do the release
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9c7183b1a..5501fc638 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
             <!-- this can be overriden in child POMs to support specific SDK requirements -->
             <groupId>dev.openfeature</groupId>
             <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
-            <!-- 1.14.1 <= v < 2.0 (excluding 2.0 pre-releases)-->
-            <version>[1.14.1,1.99999)</version>
+            <!-- 1.14.1 <= v < 1.16 -->
+            <version>[1.14.1,1.16)</version>
             <!-- use the version provided at runtime -->
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>