diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index dfcf095fd..3b8e5983f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: bump version in package.json
         run: |
-          sed -i '' "s/$\"version\": \"0.0.0\"/$\"version\": \"${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_version }}\"/g" "package.json"
+          sed -i '' "s/$\"version\": \"0.0.0\"/$\"version\": \"${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_version }}\"/g" "src-tauri/tauri.conf.json"
 
       - name: install app dependencies
         run: npm install
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 70a4d965c..b140c3a1a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   },
   "package": {
     "productName": "algokit-explorer",
-    "version": "../package.json"
+    "version": "0.0.0"
   },
   "tauri": {
     "allowlist": {