diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e2a34ad4..c9a2a7d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global --add safe.directory "$(pwd)"
           mkdir -p ~/.config/rebar3/templates
           cp -r . ~/.config/rebar3/templates
-          rebar3 new emqx-plugin my_emqx_plugin version=1.0.0-rebar3-template-test
+          rebar3 new emqx-plugin my_emqx_plugin version=5.1.0
           ./check-vsn.sh my_emqx_plugin
           make -C my_emqx_plugin rel
 
diff --git a/emqx-plugin.template b/emqx-plugin.template
index a555bd1f..aba47892 100644
--- a/emqx-plugin.template
+++ b/emqx-plugin.template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {description, "Create custom EMQX plugins in a snap!"}.
 {variables, [
     {description, "Another amazing EMQX plugin."},
-    {version, "5.1.0", "The release version of this plugin."},
+    {version, "1.0.0", "The release version of this plugin."},
     {app_vsn, "0.1.0", "The erlang application vsn value."},
     {license, "Apache-2.0", "Short identifier for license you want to distribute this plugin under."},
     {author_website, "http://example.com", "A website with details about the author."},