diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/create_json_crew.py b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/create_json_crew.py
index 0e052ce9b..7f51ca611 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/create_json_crew.py
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/create_json_crew.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ description = "{name} using crewAI"
 authors = [{{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }}]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]>=1.14.7"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.8a"
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
index 3ffca76ea..d947fa4b2 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.8a0"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.8a"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
index 1741c57fd..e63ee69ea 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.8a0"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.8a"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
index 5611f2046..95d8762c3 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "Power up your crews with {{folder_name}}"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.8a0"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.8a"
 ]
 
 [tool.crewai]
diff --git a/lib/cli/tests/test_create_crew.py b/lib/cli/tests/test_create_crew.py
index 44ac62558..05ede2c23 100644
--- a/lib/cli/tests/test_create_crew.py
+++ b/lib/cli/tests/test_create_crew.py
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ def test_json_create_provider_preselects_default_model(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert not (tmp_path / "json_crew" / "config.jsonc").exists()
 
     pyproject = tomli.loads((tmp_path / "json_crew" / "pyproject.toml").read_text())
+    assert pyproject["project"]["dependencies"] == ["crewai[tools]==1.14.8a"]
     assert pyproject["tool"]["hatch"]["build"]["targets"]["wheel"][
         "only-include"
     ] == ["agents", "crew.jsonc", "tools", "knowledge", "skills"]