diff --git a/creators/extension/app/files/.github/workflows/build-extension-charts.yml b/creators/extension/app/files/.github/workflows/build-extension-charts.yml
index 73343d8f948..eadced784b0 100644
--- a/creators/extension/app/files/.github/workflows/build-extension-charts.yml
+++ b/creators/extension/app/files/.github/workflows/build-extension-charts.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Build and Release Extension Charts
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  release:
+  release:  
     types: [released]
 
 defaults:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   build-extension-charts:
-    uses: rancher/dashboard/.github/workflows/build-extension-charts.yml@master
+    uses: rancher/dashboard/.github/workflows/build-extension-charts.yml@release-2.9
     permissions:
       actions: write
       contents: write
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ jobs:
       pages: write
     with:
       target_branch: gh-pages
+      tagged_release: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/creators/extension/package.json b/creators/extension/package.json
index ce14fe766e4..71ac57da5d1 100644
--- a/creators/extension/package.json
+++ b/creators/extension/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@rancher/create-extension",
   "description": "Rancher UI Extension generator",
-  "version": "0.2.1-rc.1",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "SUSE",
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.4.1",
diff --git a/creators/extension/pkg/init b/creators/extension/pkg/init
index c4484551cc4..91e3f88c630 100755
--- a/creators/extension/pkg/init
+++ b/creators/extension/pkg/init
@@ -105,68 +105,6 @@ Object.keys(targets).forEach((target) => {
   }
 });
 
-// Add annotation for the latest Rancher version by default
-function fetchLatestVersion() {
-  console.log('  Fetching latest Rancher Version');
-  const options = { headers: { 'User-Agent': 'nodejs' } };
-
-  https.get('https://api.github.com/repos/rancher/rancher/releases/latest', options, (res) => {
-    const { statusCode } = res;
-    const contentType = res.headers['content-type'];
-
-    let error;
-
-    if ( statusCode !== 200 ) {
-      error = new Error('  Request Failed.\n' +
-                        `  Status Code: ${ statusCode }`);
-    } else if ( !/^application\/json/.test(contentType) ) {
-      error = new Error('  Invalid content-type.\n' +
-                        `  Expected application/json but received ${ contentType }`);
-    }
-
-    if ( error ) {
-      console.log(error.message);
-
-      res.resume();
-
-      return;
-    }
-
-    res.setEncoding('utf8');
-    let rawData = '';
-
-    res.on('data', (chunk) => {
-      rawData += chunk;
-    });
-    res.on('end', () => {
-      try {
-        const release = JSON.parse(rawData);
-
-        if ( release.tag_name ) {
-          console.log(`  Adding rancher-version annotation '>= ${ release.tag_name }' to package.json`);
-
-          pkg.rancher = { annotations: { 'catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version': `>= ${ release.tag_name }` } };
-
-          if ( !shellVersion ) {
-            console.log('Could not get a shell version from npm, skipping adding catalog.cattle.io/ui-extensions-version annotation to package.json');
-          } else {
-            console.log(`  Adding catalog.cattle.io/ui-extensions-version '>= ${ shellVersion }' to package.json`);
-
-            pkg.rancher.annotations['catalog.cattle.io/ui-extensions-version'] = `>= ${ shellVersion }`;
-          }
-
-          writePackageJson();
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.log('  Error parsing release data', e);
-      }
-    });
-  }).on('error', (e) => {
-    console.log('  Error fetching latest Rancher Version', e);
-  });
-}
-
-fetchLatestVersion();
 writePackageJson();
 
 // Add dependencies
diff --git a/creators/extension/pkg/package.json b/creators/extension/pkg/package.json
index 0566ff56fd5..11182b86428 100644
--- a/creators/extension/pkg/package.json
+++ b/creators/extension/pkg/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
     "**/*.*",
     "init"
   ],
+  "rancher": {
+    "annotations": {
+      "catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version": ">= 2.9.0 < 2.10.0",
+      "catalog.cattle.io/ui-extensions-version": "< 3.0.0"
+    }
+  },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=16.0.0"
   },