diff --git a/.github/workflows/new-release-branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/new-release-branch.yaml
index 99a0c05576c..7e7a41ce506 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/new-release-branch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/new-release-branch.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -i -e 's/const versionMajorMinor = ".*"/const versionMajorMinor = "${{ github.event.client_payload.core_major_minor }}"/g' src/compiler/corePublic.ts
           sed -i -e 's/const versionMajorMinor = ".*"/const versionMajorMinor = "${{ github.event.client_payload.core_major_minor }}"/g' tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts
           sed -i -e 's/const versionMajorMinor = ".*"/const versionMajorMinor = "${{ github.event.client_payload.core_major_minor }}"/g' tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts
-          sed -i -e 's/const version\(: string\)\{0,1\} = `${versionMajorMinor}.0-.*`/const version = `${versionMajorMinor}.0-${{ github.event.client_payload.core_tag || 'dev' }}`/g' src/compiler/corePublic.ts
+          sed -i -e 's/const version\(: string\)\{0,1\} = .*;/const version = "${{ github.event.client_payload.package_version }}" as string;/g' src/compiler/corePublic.ts
           npm ci
           npm install # update package-lock.json to ensure the version bump is included
           npx hereby LKG