diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index 8194df3e6d..353d80ef5e 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
   "Build system for Melange that defers to Dune for build orchestration")
  (depends
   ocaml
-  melange
+  (melange
+   (= :version))
   (cmdliner
    (>= "1.1.0"))
   (luv
diff --git a/mel.opam b/mel.opam
index cae46b24a1..9bde854ccf 100644
--- a/mel.opam
+++ b/mel.opam
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ bug-reports: "https://github.com/melange-re/melange/issues"
 depends: [
   "dune" {>= "3.5"}
   "ocaml"
-  "melange"
+  "melange" {= version}
   "cmdliner" {>= "1.1.0"}
   "luv" {>= "0.5.11"}
+  "ocaml-migrate-parsetree" {>= "2.3.0"}
   "ounit" {with-test}
   "odoc" {with-doc}
 ]
diff --git a/melange.opam b/melange.opam
index fa348d834c..828e373a0f 100644
--- a/melange.opam
+++ b/melange.opam
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ depends: [
   "melange-compiler-libs" {>= "0.0.1-414"}
   "cmdliner" {>= "1.1.0"}
   "base64" {>= "3.1.0"}
-  "ocaml-migrate-parsetree" {>= "2.3.0"}
   "cppo" {build}
   "ounit" {with-test}
   "odoc" {with-doc}