diff --git a/.changeset/silver-readers-appear.md b/.changeset/silver-readers-appear.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5dbf44f1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-readers-appear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-qwik': patch
+---
+
+FIX: wrong version when creating a library
diff --git a/scripts/create-qwik-cli.ts b/scripts/create-qwik-cli.ts
index fc6623cbae6..b002a3c40c0 100644
--- a/scripts/create-qwik-cli.ts
+++ b/scripts/create-qwik-cli.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   copyFile,
   emptyDir,
   getBanner,
+  getQwikVersion,
   mkdir,
   nodeTarget,
   readdir,
@@ -91,10 +92,9 @@ export async function publishCreateQwikCli(
 }
 
 async function syncBaseStarterVersionsFromQwik(config: BuildConfig) {
-  const qwikDir = join(config.packagesDir, 'qwik');
-  const distPkg = await readPackageJson(qwikDir);
+  const qwikVersion = await getQwikVersion(config);
 
-  await updateBaseVersions(config, distPkg.version);
+  await updateBaseVersions(config, qwikVersion);
 }
 
 async function updateBaseVersions(config: BuildConfig, version: string) {
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ async function copyDir(config: BuildConfig, srcDir: string, destDir: string) {
 async function updatePackageJson(config: BuildConfig, destDir: string) {
   const rootPkg = await readPackageJson(config.rootDir);
   const pkgJson = await readPackageJson(destDir);
+  const qwikVersion = await getQwikVersion(config);
 
   const setVersionFromRoot = (pkgName: string) => {
     if (pkgJson.devDependencies && pkgJson.devDependencies[pkgName]) {
@@ -205,12 +206,11 @@ async function updatePackageJson(config: BuildConfig, destDir: string) {
   };
 
   if (pkgJson.devDependencies && pkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik']) {
-    if (
-      pkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik'] !== 'next' &&
-      pkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik'] !== 'dev'
-    ) {
-      pkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik'] = rootPkg.version;
-    }
+    pkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik'] = qwikVersion;
+  }
+
+  if (pkgJson.devDependencies && pkgJson.devDependencies['eslint-plugin-qwik']) {
+    pkgJson.devDependencies['eslint-plugin-qwik'] = qwikVersion;
   }
 
   setVersionFromRoot('@types/eslint');
diff --git a/scripts/util.ts b/scripts/util.ts
index 06de37c6dbb..a06732c1718 100644
--- a/scripts/util.ts
+++ b/scripts/util.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 import type { Plugin } from 'esbuild';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { execa, type Options } from 'execa';
 import mri from 'mri';
 import {
   access as fsAccess,
   copyFile as fsCopyFile,
-  mkdirSync,
+  mkdir as fsMkdir,
   readdir as fsReaddir,
   readFile as fsReadFile,
-  rmSync,
   stat as fsStat,
   unlink as fsUnlink,
   writeFile as fsWriteFile,
-  mkdir as fsMkdir,
+  mkdirSync,
+  rmSync,
 } from 'node:fs';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
-import { minify, type MinifyOptions } from 'terser';
-import type { Plugin as RollupPlugin } from 'rollup';
-import { execa, type Options } from 'execa';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import type { Plugin as RollupPlugin } from 'rollup';
+import { minify, type MinifyOptions } from 'terser';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+import { readPackageJson } from './package-json';
 
 const stringOptions = [
   'distBindingsDir',
@@ -358,3 +359,9 @@ export const recursiveChangePrefix = <T>(obj: T, prefix: string, replace: string
   }
   return obj;
 };
+
+export async function getQwikVersion(config: BuildConfig) {
+  const qwikDir = join(config.packagesDir, 'qwik');
+  const qwikPkgJson = await readPackageJson(qwikDir);
+  return qwikPkgJson.version;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/validate-cli.ts b/scripts/validate-cli.ts
index 117cae55b3c..29a7f0851de 100644
--- a/scripts/validate-cli.ts
+++ b/scripts/validate-cli.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ async function validateCreateQwikCli() {
   const cliPkgJsonPath = join(cliDir, 'package.json');
   const cliPkgJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(cliPkgJsonPath, 'utf-8'));
   assert.strictEqual(cliPkgJson.name, 'create-qwik');
+  const qwikVersion = cliPkgJson.version;
 
   const startersDir = join(cliDir, 'dist', 'starters');
   accessSync(startersDir);
@@ -44,9 +45,9 @@ async function validateCreateQwikCli() {
   const tmpDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'dist-dev');
 
   await Promise.all([
-    validateStarter(api, tmpDir, 'playground', true, `👻`),
-    validateStarter(api, tmpDir, 'empty', true, `🫙`),
-    validateStarter(api, tmpDir, 'library', false, `📚`),
+    validateStarter(api, tmpDir, 'playground', true, `👻`, qwikVersion),
+    validateStarter(api, tmpDir, 'empty', true, `🫙`, qwikVersion),
+    validateStarter(api, tmpDir, 'library', false, `📚`, qwikVersion),
   ]).catch((e) => {
     console.error(e);
     panic(String(e));
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ async function validateStarter(
   distDir: string,
   starterId: string,
   app: boolean,
-  emoji: string
+  emoji: string,
+  qwikVersion: string
 ) {
   const appDir = join(distDir, 'e2e-' + starterId);
 
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ async function validateStarter(
   const appPkgJsonPath = join(result.outDir, 'package.json');
   const appPkgJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(appPkgJsonPath, 'utf-8'));
 
+  assertRightQwikDepsVersions(appPkgJson, qwikVersion, starterId);
+
   // Ensure that npm will use an existing version
   appPkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik'] = 'latest';
   appPkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik-city'] = 'latest';
@@ -143,6 +147,28 @@ async function validateStarter(
   console.log(`${emoji} ${starterId} validated\n`);
 }
 
+function assertRightQwikDepsVersions(appPkgJson: any, qwikVersion: string, starterType: string) {
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    appPkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik'].includes(qwikVersion),
+    true,
+    `Qwik version mismatch for "${starterType}" starter`
+  );
+  if (appPkgJson.devDependencies.hasOwnProperty('@builder.io/qwik-city')) {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      appPkgJson.devDependencies['@builder.io/qwik-city'].includes(qwikVersion),
+      true,
+      `Qwik City version mismatch for "${starterType}" starter`
+    );
+  }
+  if (appPkgJson.devDependencies.hasOwnProperty('eslint-plugin-qwik')) {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      appPkgJson.devDependencies['eslint-plugin-qwik'].includes(qwikVersion),
+      true,
+      `ESlint plugin version mismatch for "${starterType}" starter`
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 function cpSync(src: string, dest: string) {
   // cpSync() not available until Node v16.7.0
   try {