diff --git a/apps/react-zpl/package.json b/apps/react-zpl/package.json
index 4707b3c..240ef9a 100644
--- a/apps/react-zpl/package.json
+++ b/apps/react-zpl/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@zpl-kit/zpl-core": "workspace:*"
+    "@zpl-kit/zpl-core": "workspace:^"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "rolldown": "^1.0.0-beta.51",
diff --git a/apps/react-zpl/rolldown.config.ts b/apps/react-zpl/rolldown.config.ts
index 83c772d..af6da50 100644
--- a/apps/react-zpl/rolldown.config.ts
+++ b/apps/react-zpl/rolldown.config.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ export default defineConfig({
     format: 'es',
     dir: 'dist',
   },
-  external: ['react', 'react-dom', /^react\//, /^react-dom\//],
+  external: ['react', 'react-dom', /^react\//, /^react-dom\//, /^@zpl-kit\//],
 });
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 98ce44d..a03e9ae 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ importers:
   apps/react-zpl:
     dependencies:
       '@zpl-kit/zpl-core':
-        specifier: workspace:*
+        specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../zpl-core
     devDependencies:
       '@types/react':