diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
index f2960a756..c0df3ed0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
                   
                   # Update version in jbang-example.java
                   sed -i "s|copilot-sdk-java:[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\(-java\.[0-9][0-9]*\)\{0,1\}|copilot-sdk-java:${VERSION}|g" jbang-example.java
+                  sed -i 's|copilot-sdk-java:${project\.version}|copilot-sdk-java:'"${VERSION}"'|g' jbang-example.java
                   
                   # Update version in cookbook files (hardcoded for direct GitHub browsing and JBang usage)
                   find src/site/markdown/cookbook -name "*.md" -type f -exec \
diff --git a/jbang-example.java b/jbang-example.java
index 3d02653c1..dd1f80762 100644
--- a/jbang-example.java
+++ b/jbang-example.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 !
-//DEPS com.github:copilot-sdk-java:${project.version}
+//DEPS com.github:copilot-sdk-java:0.2.2-java.1
 import com.github.copilot.sdk.CopilotClient;
 import com.github.copilot.sdk.events.AssistantMessageEvent;
 import com.github.copilot.sdk.events.SessionUsageInfoEvent;