diff --git a/packages/cli/src/actions/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/actions/init.ts
index f44bf1722..03635736f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/actions/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/actions/init.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import { STARTER_ZMODEL } from './templates';
  */
 export async function run(projectPath: string) {
     const packages = [
-        { name: '@zenstackhq/cli@next', dev: true },
-        { name: '@zenstackhq/orm@next', dev: false },
+        { name: '@zenstackhq/cli@latest', dev: true },
+        { name: '@zenstackhq/orm@latest', dev: false },
     ];
     let pm = await detect();
     if (!pm) {
diff --git a/packages/create-zenstack/src/index.ts b/packages/create-zenstack/src/index.ts
index 2099c42c8..6dc8073da 100644
--- a/packages/create-zenstack/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-zenstack/src/index.ts
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ function initProject(name: string) {
 
     // install packages
     const packages = [
-        { name: '@zenstackhq/cli@next', dev: true },
-        { name: '@zenstackhq/orm@next', dev: false },
+        { name: '@zenstackhq/cli@latest', dev: true },
+        { name: '@zenstackhq/orm@latest', dev: false },
         { name: 'better-sqlite3', dev: false },
         { name: '@types/better-sqlite3', dev: true },
         { name: 'typescript', dev: true },