diff --git a/libs/cli/langchain_cli/cli.py b/libs/cli/langchain_cli/cli.py
index 6f248270c66..b5bc26db768 100644
--- a/libs/cli/langchain_cli/cli.py
+++ b/libs/cli/langchain_cli/cli.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from langchain_cli.namespaces import app as app_namespace
 from langchain_cli.namespaces import template as template_namespace
 from langchain_cli.utils.packages import get_langserve_export, get_package_root
 
-__version__ = "0.0.17"
+__version__ = "0.0.18"
 
 app = typer.Typer(no_args_is_help=True, add_completion=False)
 app.add_typer(
diff --git a/libs/cli/langchain_cli/project_template/pyproject.toml b/libs/cli/langchain_cli/project_template/pyproject.toml
index 9e33bd51aee..0d5f630b06b 100644
--- a/libs/cli/langchain_cli/project_template/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/cli/langchain_cli/project_template/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Your Name <you@example.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"
+packages = [
+    { include = "app" },
+]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.11"
 uvicorn = "^0.23.2"
 langserve = {extras = ["server"], version = ">=0.0.22"}
+pydantic = "<2"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
diff --git a/libs/cli/pyproject.toml b/libs/cli/pyproject.toml
index 521abca8a31..0a845bd9513 100644
--- a/libs/cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "langchain-cli"
-version = "0.0.17"
+version = "0.0.18"
 description = "CLI for interacting with LangChain"
 authors = ["Erick Friis <erick@langchain.dev>"]
 readme = "README.md"