diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/output/my_jobs_as_code/pyproject.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/output/my_jobs_as_code/pyproject.toml
index 68b85ee9c6..643ab6b963 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/output/my_jobs_as_code/pyproject.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/output/my_jobs_as_code/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ where = ["src"]
 [tool.uv]
 ## Dependencies for local development
 dev-dependencies = [
-    "databricks-bundles==0.7.2",
+    "databricks-bundles==x.y.z",
 
     ## Add code completion support for DLT
     # "databricks-dlt",
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/script b/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/script
index 4b31247f50..10eeb43717 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/script
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/script
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ trace $CLI bundle init experimental-jobs-as-code --config-file ./input.json --ou
 cd output/my_jobs_as_code
 
 # silence uv output because it's non-deterministic
-uv sync -q
+#
+# with -f we add pre-build wheel, in addition to PyPi index,
+# if PyPi package is not yet published, it will be used instead
+uv -q sync -f $(dirname $DATABRICKS_BUNDLES_WHEEL)
 
 trace $CLI bundle validate -t dev --output json | jq ".resources"
 
@@ -14,7 +17,10 @@ rm -fr .venv resources/__pycache__ uv.lock src/my_jobs_as_code.egg-info dist
 
 # remove requires-python because it doesn't pass ruff checks after we replace
 # requires-python=">=3.10" with requires-python=">=[UV_PYTHON]"
-cat pyproject.toml | grep -v requires-python > pyproject.toml.new
+# replace databricks-bundles version with x.y.z for deterministic output
+cat pyproject.toml | \
+  grep -v requires-python | \
+  sed -E 's/databricks-bundles==[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/databricks-bundles==x.y.z/g' > pyproject.toml.new
 mv pyproject.toml.new pyproject.toml
 
 # Do not affect this repository's git behaviour #2318
diff --git a/experimental/python/databricks/bundles/version.py b/experimental/python/databricks/bundles/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db6e11c066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/python/databricks/bundles/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.247.1"
diff --git a/experimental/python/pyproject.toml b/experimental/python/pyproject.toml
index 827f34cfe9..ec12ff6138 100644
--- a/experimental/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/experimental/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "databricks-bundles"
 description = "Python support for Databricks Asset Bundles"
-version = "0.243.0-dev"
+version = "0.247.1"
 
 authors = [
     { name = "Gleb Kanterov", email = "gleb.kanterov@databricks.com" },
diff --git a/experimental/python/uv.lock b/experimental/python/uv.lock
index b236ebd1d6..193fe03d82 100644
--- a/experimental/python/uv.lock
+++ b/experimental/python/uv.lock
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ toml = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "databricks-bundles"
-version = "0.243.0.dev0"
+version = "0.247.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/library/versions.tmpl b/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/library/versions.tmpl
index 7d0c88e7df..cdde71b7a5 100644
--- a/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/library/versions.tmpl
+++ b/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/library/versions.tmpl
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 {{define "latest_lts_db_connect_version_spec" -}}
   >=15.4,<15.5
 {{- end}}
+
+{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.247.1{{- end}}
diff --git a/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/template/{{.project_name}}/pyproject.toml.tmpl b/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/template/{{.project_name}}/pyproject.toml.tmpl
index 6b41bf9980..4cb0e6d9ee 100644
--- a/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/template/{{.project_name}}/pyproject.toml.tmpl
+++ b/libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/template/{{.project_name}}/pyproject.toml.tmpl
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ py-modules = []
 [tool.uv]
 ## Dependencies for local development
 dev-dependencies = [
-    "databricks-bundles==0.7.2",
+    "databricks-bundles=={{template "latest_databricks_bundles_version"}}",
 
     ## Add code completion support for DLT
     # "databricks-dlt",