diff --git a/packages/plugins/apps/src/index.test.ts b/packages/plugins/apps/src/index.test.ts
index 553f29c2a..fd327cd6f 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/apps/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/apps/src/index.test.ts
@@ -219,11 +219,14 @@ describe('Apps Plugin - getPlugins', () => {
 
     test('Should upload assets with vite bundler', async () => {
         const intakeHost = 'https://api.example.com';
-        const scope = nock(intakeHost).post(`/${APPS_API_PATH}/app-id/upload`).reply(200, {
+        const uploadScope = nock(intakeHost).post(`/${APPS_API_PATH}/app-id/upload`).reply(200, {
             version_id: 'v123',
             application_id: 'app123',
             app_builder_id: 'builder123',
         });
+        const releaseScope = nock(intakeHost)
+            .put(`/${APPS_API_PATH}/app-id/release/live`)
+            .reply(200, {});
 
         const { errors } = await runBundlers(
             { apps: { identifier: 'app-id', name: 'test-app', dryRun: false } },
@@ -232,6 +235,7 @@ describe('Apps Plugin - getPlugins', () => {
         );
 
         expect(errors).toHaveLength(0);
-        expect(scope.isDone()).toBe(true);
+        expect(uploadScope.isDone()).toBe(true);
+        expect(releaseScope.isDone()).toBe(true);
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.test.ts b/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.test.ts
index 0a4756e2d..58be236c7 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.test.ts
@@ -258,13 +258,7 @@ describe('Apps Plugin - upload', () => {
             );
         });
 
-        test('Should make PUT request to release version when APPS_VERSION_NAME is set', async () => {
-            getDDEnvValueMock.mockImplementation((key) => {
-                if (key === 'APPS_VERSION_NAME') {
-                    return 'my-version';
-                }
-                return undefined;
-            });
+        test('Should make PUT request to release version after successful upload', async () => {
             doRequestMock
                 .mockResolvedValueOnce({
                     version_id: 'v123',
@@ -287,7 +281,7 @@ describe('Apps Plugin - upload', () => {
                 onRetry: expect.any(Function),
             });
             expect(mockLogFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-                expect.stringContaining('Released version'),
+                expect.stringContaining('Your application is available at'),
                 'info',
             );
         });
diff --git a/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.ts b/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.ts
index f432a8d10..ff5aacea2 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/apps/src/upload.ts
@@ -136,13 +136,6 @@ Would have uploaded ${summary}`,
             const appUrl = `https://api.${context.site}/api/unstable/app-builder-code/apps/serve/${application_id}/v/${version_id}/index.html`;
             const appBuilderUrl = `https://app.${context.site}/app-builder/apps/${app_builder_id}`;
 
-            log.info(
-                `Your application is available at:\n${bold('Standalone :')}\n  ${cyan(appUrl)}\n\n${bold('AppBuilder :')}\n  ${cyan(appBuilderUrl)}`,
-            );
-        }
-
-        const versionName = getDDEnvValue('APPS_VERSION_NAME')?.trim();
-        if (versionName) {
             const releaseUrl = getReleaseUrl(context.site, context.identifier);
             await doRequest({
                 auth: { apiKey: context.apiKey, appKey: context.appKey },
@@ -150,7 +143,7 @@ Would have uploaded ${summary}`,
                 method: 'PUT',
                 type: 'json',
                 getData: async () => ({
-                    data: Readable.from(JSON.stringify({ version_id: versionName })),
+                    data: Readable.from(JSON.stringify({ version_id: response.version_id })),
                     headers: {
                         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                         ...defaultHeaders,
@@ -164,7 +157,9 @@ Would have uploaded ${summary}`,
                     log.warn(message);
                 },
             });
-            log.info(`Released version ${bold(versionName)} to live.`);
+            log.info(
+                `Your application is available at:\n${bold('Standalone :')}\n  ${cyan(appUrl)}\n\n${bold('AppBuilder :')}\n  ${cyan(appBuilderUrl)}`,
+            );
         }
     } catch (error: unknown) {
         const err = error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error));
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/e2e/appsPlugin/appsPlugin.spec.ts b/packages/tests/src/e2e/appsPlugin/appsPlugin.spec.ts
index 3e8687e62..9e3f4768c 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/e2e/appsPlugin/appsPlugin.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/e2e/appsPlugin/appsPlugin.spec.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ type UploadRequest = {
 // Mock the apps upload endpoint and persist per-bundler upload data to disk.
 // We write to a temp directory because Playwright workers are separate processes —
 // only the worker that actually builds captures the nock request.
+nock('https://api.datadoghq.com')
+    .put(new RegExp(`/api/unstable/app-builder-code/apps/.*/release/live`))
+    .reply(function handleReleaseMock(uri, body) {
+        const applicationId = uri.split('/apps/')[1]?.split('/release')[0] ?? '';
+        const parsed = typeof body === 'string' ? JSON.parse(body) : body;
+        return [
+            200,
+            {
+                application_id: applicationId,
+                release: {
+                    environment: 'live',
+                    version_id: parsed.version_id ?? '',
+                },
+            },
+        ];
+    })
+    .persist();
+
 nock('https://api.datadoghq.com')
     .post(new RegExp(`/api/unstable/app-builder-code/apps/.*/upload`))
     .reply(function handleUploadMock(uri, body) {