diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cc6c08e..2cb0154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: npm config set "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken" "\${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}" --location=global
 
-      - run: pnpm -r exec "if [ \"$(node -p \"require('./package.json').private\")\" = \"false\" ]; then npm publish --access public --tag latest --no-git-checks; fi"
+      - run: pnpm -r publish --access public --tag latest --no-git-checks
         env:
           NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/packages/create-levain-app/src/ProjectProgram.ts b/packages/create-levain-app/src/ProjectProgram.ts
index 4575767..5657768 100644
--- a/packages/create-levain-app/src/ProjectProgram.ts
+++ b/packages/create-levain-app/src/ProjectProgram.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import ExampleIndex from '@levain-examples/examples/dist/Example/index.json';
 import { green } from 'picocolors';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 
+import { version } from '../package.json';
 import { isFolderEmpty } from './utils/FolderEmpty';
 import { isNpmNameValid } from './utils/NpmNameValid';
 
 export interface ProjectConfig {
   path: string;
+  version: string;
   template: {
     packageName: string;
     projectName: string;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ export class ProjectProgram {
 
     return {
       path: res.path,
+      version,
       template: ExampleIndex.find((example) => example.fields.template?.packageName === res.packageName)?.fields
         .template!,
     };
diff --git a/packages/create-levain-app/src/TemplateProgram.ts b/packages/create-levain-app/src/TemplateProgram.ts
index da46e09..2b4a017 100644
--- a/packages/create-levain-app/src/TemplateProgram.ts
+++ b/packages/create-levain-app/src/TemplateProgram.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class TemplateProgram {
   static async run(projectConfig: ProjectConfig): Promise<void> {
     console.log(`  Downloading ${blue(projectConfig.template.packageName)} into ${blue(`./${projectConfig.path}`)}`);
     const installDir = join(process.cwd(), projectConfig.path);
-    const packageSpec = `${projectConfig.template.packageName}@latest`;
+    const packageSpec = `${projectConfig.template.packageName}@${projectConfig.version}`;
     await pacote.extract(packageSpec, installDir);
 
     await overridePackageJson(installDir, projectConfig);