diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 59d077a7..c7c9fc13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           version=${{ needs.get-release.outputs.release_version }}
           plugin_zip="Readest-${version}-1.koplugin.zip"
+          meta_file="apps/readest.koplugin/_meta.lua"
+          perl -i -pe "s/^}/    version = \"${version}\",\n}/" "${meta_file}"
 
           cd apps
           zip -r ../${plugin_zip} readest.koplugin