diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5f517e16004..6206f86e163 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -880,11 +880,14 @@ jobs:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Fixup package.json files
+        run: pnpm run release.fixup-package-json
+
       - name: Commit Build Artifacts
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
         env:
           QWIK_API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.QWIK_API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
-        run: pnpm run qwik-save-artifacts
+        run: pnpm run qwik-push-build-repos
 
       - name: Publish packages for testing
         if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e91556dd29b..913ccf09bf5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
         {
           "label": "Be lenient in vite versions for prod. v4 is broken, v5 is good",
           "dependencyTypes": [
-            "prod"
+            "prod",
+            "peer"
           ],
           "dependencies": [
             "vite"
@@ -230,8 +231,9 @@
     "preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm",
     "prepare": "simple-git-hooks",
     "prettier.fix": "prettier --cache --write .",
-    "qwik-save-artifacts": "tsm ./scripts/qwik-save-artifacts.ts",
+    "qwik-push-build-repos": "tsm ./scripts/qwik-push-build-repos.ts",
     "release": "changeset publish",
+    "release.fixup-package-json": "syncpack fix-mismatches --config syncpack-release-conf.json",
     "release.pkg-pr-new": "pnpm dlx pkg-pr-new@^0.0.9 publish --compact --pnpm ./packages/qwik ./packages/qwik-city ./packages/eslint-plugin-qwik ./packages/create-qwik",
     "release.prepare": "pnpm build --prepare-release",
     "serve": "tsm --inspect --conditions=development starters/dev-server.ts 3300",
diff --git a/scripts/qwik-save-artifacts.ts b/scripts/qwik-push-build-repos.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from scripts/qwik-save-artifacts.ts
rename to scripts/qwik-push-build-repos.ts
index 383fd56dbcb..dabbdc4ccc2 100644
--- a/scripts/qwik-save-artifacts.ts
+++ b/scripts/qwik-push-build-repos.ts
@@ -10,19 +10,17 @@ const root = join(__dirname, '..');
 const srcRepoRef = 'https://github.com/QwikDev/qwik/commit/';
 
 (async () => {
-  // This replaces the `workspace:^` versions with the actual versions.
-  await $('npx', 'syncpack', 'fix-mismatches', '-c', '/dev/null');
   const finishQwik = await prepare({
     buildRepo: 'qwik-build',
-    artifactsDir: join(root, 'packages', 'qwik', 'dist'),
+    artifactsDir: join(root, 'packages', 'qwik'),
   });
   const finishQwikCity = await prepare({
     buildRepo: 'qwik-city-build',
-    artifactsDir: join(root, 'packages', 'qwik-city', 'lib'),
+    artifactsDir: join(root, 'packages', 'qwik-city'),
   });
   const finishCreateQwikCli = await prepare({
     buildRepo: 'qwik-create-cli-build',
-    artifactsDir: join(root, 'packages', 'create-qwik', 'dist'),
+    artifactsDir: join(root, 'packages', 'create-qwik'),
   });
   const finishQwikLabs = await prepare({
     buildRepo: 'qwik-labs-build',
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ async function prepare({ buildRepo, artifactsDir }: { buildRepo: string; artifac
   await $(
     'cp',
     '-r',
-    ...(await expand(artifactsDir, ['.gitignore', 'node_modules'])),
+    ...(await expand(artifactsDir, ['.gitignore', 'node_modules', 'src'])),
     buildRepoDir
   );
   await $('cp', join(root, 'CONTINUOUS_BUILD.md'), 'README.md');
diff --git a/syncpack-release-conf.json b/syncpack-release-conf.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..077730aed7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syncpack-release-conf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "versionGroups": [
+    {
+      "label": "Require minimums",
+      "dependencyTypes": ["prod", "peer"],
+      "range": "^"
+    }
+  ],
+  "semverGroups": [
+    {
+      "label": "Playwright should have the same version as in flake.nix",
+      "dependencies": ["@playwright/test"],
+      "pinVersion": "1.47.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Undici should always be * until we remove it",
+      "dependencies": ["undici"],
+      "range": "*"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "use exact version numbers for devDependencies",
+      "dependencyTypes": ["dev"],
+      "range": ""
+    }
+  ]
+}