diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5c0ed19c5..011b3fef1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -269,6 +269,19 @@ jobs:
           # for the wheels-cli ForgeBox artifact. See #2326.
           find cli/lucli -type f \( -name "*.json" -o -name "*.md" -o -name "*.cfm" -o -name "*.cfc" \) -exec sed -i.bak "s/@build\.version@/${MODULE_VERSION}/g" {} \;
           find cli/lucli -name "*.bak" -delete
+          # Generate .module-version at build time with the canonical version.
+          # This file is read at runtime by the brew/scoop/.deb/.rpm wrappers
+          # for two purposes:
+          #   (1) `wheels --version` displays its contents verbatim
+          #   (2) The wrappers compare staged-module-version vs installed-version
+          #       to decide whether to re-sync the module on first run
+          # The substitution above only matches *.json *.md *.cfm *.cfc, so
+          # `.module-version` (no extension) was previously sourced from a stale
+          # source-tracked file and embedded into every artifact (snapshot AND
+          # GA). That made every release look like the same snapshot tag and
+          # broke channel-switch sync detection. Generating it here ensures
+          # both behaviors stay correct. See #2758 follow-up.
+          echo "${MODULE_VERSION}" > cli/lucli/.module-version
           tar czf "artifacts/wheels/${MODULE_VERSION}/wheels-module-${MODULE_VERSION}.tar.gz" -C cli/lucli .
           cd cli/lucli && zip -r "../../artifacts/wheels/${MODULE_VERSION}/wheels-module-${MODULE_VERSION}.zip" . && cd ../..
           cd artifacts/wheels/${{ env.WHEELS_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c5f1e954..f1c756538 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ META-INF
 !/vendor/wheels/
 /cli/workspace/
 /cli/simpletestapp/
+# Generated at release time by .github/workflows/release.yml — see #2758
+# follow-up. Source-tracked stale values cause `wheels --version` to show
+# a snapshot tag on GA installs and break channel-switch detection in the
+# brew/scoop wrappers (which compare staged vs installed `.module-version`).
+/cli/lucli/.module-version
 
 # Database files
 /db/
diff --git a/cli/lucli/.module-version b/cli/lucli/.module-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 127a4d907..000000000
--- a/cli/lucli/.module-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4.0.0-SNAPSHOT+1442
\ No newline at end of file