diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 2dc364def..df34445c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "npm_tag=$NPM_TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   build-native:
-    needs: preflight
+    needs: [preflight, compute-version]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ jobs:
           sudo ln -sf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 "${GNU_LIB}/libgcc_s.so"
           sudo ln -sf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 "${GNU_LIB}/libgcc_s.so.1"
 
+      - name: Sync Cargo.toml version
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.compute-version.outputs.version }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          [[ -n "$VERSION" ]] || { echo "::error::VERSION is empty — compute-version output missing"; exit 1; }
+          CARGO="crates/codegraph-core/Cargo.toml"
+          awk -v v="$VERSION" '!done && /^version =/{$0="version = \""v"\""; done=1}1' "$CARGO" > "${CARGO}.tmp"
+          mv "${CARGO}.tmp" "$CARGO"
+
       - name: Install napi-rs CLI
         run: npm install -g @napi-rs/cli@3