diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f677dd9..fff9733 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ jobs:
           test -f bin/gh-attach-darwin-arm64
           test -f bin/gh-attach-windows-amd64.exe
       - run: npm test
+        env:
+          GH_ATTACH_BUILD_VERSION: ${{ needs.next-version.outputs.version }}
       - name: Release
         run: npx semantic-release
         env:
diff --git a/test/e2e/binary.test.ts b/test/e2e/binary.test.ts
index 3346262..8abffb8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/binary.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/binary.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ const ROOT = resolve(import.meta.dirname, "../..");
 const CJS_PATH = resolve(ROOT, "dist/cli-pkg.cjs");
 const BIN_PATH = resolve(ROOT, "bin/gh-attach-linux-amd64");
 const TEST_IMAGE_PATH = join(import.meta.dirname, "../fixtures/test-image.png");
+const EXPECTED_VERSION =
+  process.env.GH_ATTACH_BUILD_VERSION ??
+  JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8")).version;
 
 const GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
 const E2E_TEST_REPO = process.env.E2E_TEST_REPO;
@@ -67,10 +70,7 @@ describe("Binary Distribution E2E", () => {
         const output = execSync(`${BIN_PATH} --version`, {
           encoding: "utf8",
         }).trim();
-        const pkgVersion = JSON.parse(
-          readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8"),
-        ).version;
-        expect(output).toBe(pkgVersion);
+        expect(output).toBe(EXPECTED_VERSION);
       });
 
       it("uploads a file via release-asset strategy", () => {
diff --git a/test/integration/cli/binary.test.ts b/test/integration/cli/binary.test.ts
index 1546063..bebc6cc 100644
--- a/test/integration/cli/binary.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/cli/binary.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { resolve } from "path";
 const ROOT = resolve(import.meta.dirname, "../../..");
 const CJS_PATH = resolve(ROOT, "dist/cli-pkg.cjs");
 const ESM_PATH = resolve(ROOT, "dist/cli.js");
+const EXPECTED_VERSION =
+  process.env.GH_ATTACH_BUILD_VERSION ??
+  JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8")).version;
 
 /**
  * Runs the CJS bundle with given arguments and returns stdout.
@@ -30,12 +33,9 @@ describe("CJS Bundle (pkg target)", () => {
     expect(firstLines).not.toMatch(/^import\s+\{/m);
   });
 
-  it("should output version matching package.json", () => {
-    const pkgVersion = JSON.parse(
-      readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8"),
-    ).version;
+  it("should output version matching the build version", () => {
     const output = runCjs("--version");
-    expect(output).toBe(pkgVersion);
+    expect(output).toBe(EXPECTED_VERSION);
   });
 
   it("should display help text", () => {
@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@ describe("Binary Artifacts", () => {
     const output = execSync(`${binPath} --version`, {
       encoding: "utf8",
     }).trim();
-    const pkgVersion = JSON.parse(
-      readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, "package.json"), "utf8"),
-    ).version;
-    expect(output).toBe(pkgVersion);
+    expect(output).toBe(EXPECTED_VERSION);
   });
 
   it("should produce Linux binary that can display help", () => {
diff --git a/test/integration/cli/ghExtension.test.ts b/test/integration/cli/ghExtension.test.ts
index 3f81ec1..ce126a2 100644
--- a/test/integration/cli/ghExtension.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/cli/ghExtension.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const PACKAGE_JSON = JSON.parse(
 ) as {
   version: string;
 };
+const EXPECTED_VERSION =
+  process.env.GH_ATTACH_BUILD_VERSION ?? PACKAGE_JSON.version;
 const HAS_GH =
   spawnSync("gh", ["--version"], {
     encoding: "utf8",
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ describe("GitHub CLI extension integration", () => {
       runGh(["extension", "install", "."], { cwd: ROOT, env });
 
       expect(runGh(["attach", "--version"], { cwd: ROOT, env })).toBe(
-        PACKAGE_JSON.version,
+        EXPECTED_VERSION,
       );
       expect(runGh(["attach", "--help"], { cwd: ROOT, env })).toContain(
         "upload",