Initial version in manifest file is being ignored

I am trying `release-please` for the first time in an existing react-native expo project (monorepo project with `turborepo`). This current version of the project is `1.0.90`.
I am attempting to set this initial version in the manifest json file. But it is being ignore.

First of all, this is the content of the `release-please-config` file
```
{
"bootstrap-sha": "xxx",
"packages": {
"apps/native": {
"release-type": "expo"
}
}
}
```

And this is the `.release-please-manifest.json`
```
{
"apps/native": "1.0.91"
}
```

Here is the PR created by `release-please`. Observe that the initial version `1.0.90` is being override by the default `1.1.0`.
What am I doing wrong or what did I forget so that `release-please` can start at `1.0.90`? Thanks for the assistance