diff --git a/packages/create-playwright/package.json b/packages/create-playwright/package.json
index 0015bda8b7..45c145f3d1 100644
--- a/packages/create-playwright/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-playwright/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "create-playwright",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "1.17.0-next",
   "description": "Getting started with writing end-to-end tests with Playwright.",
   "repository": "github:Microsoft/playwright",
   "homepage": "https://playwright.dev",
-  "author": "Microsoft",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Microsoft Corporation"
+  },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12"
   },
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@
   "bin": {
     "create-playwright": "./index.js"
   },
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npx playwright test"
   }
diff --git a/utils/prepare_packages.js b/utils/prepare_packages.js
index 7d90ad0f26..f35a562da1 100644
--- a/utils/prepare_packages.js
+++ b/utils/prepare_packages.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ const PACKAGES = {
   'create-playwright': {
     browsers: [],
     files: [],
-    ignore: true,
   }
 };
 
@@ -85,8 +84,6 @@ const dirtyFiles = [];
 async function lintPackage(packageName) {
   const packagePath = packageNameToPath.get(packageName);
   const package = PACKAGES[packageName];
-  if (package.ignore)
-    return;
   if (!package) {
     console.log(`ERROR: unknown package ${packageName}`);
     process.exit(1);
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ async function lintPackage(packageName) {
   currentPackageJSON.homepage = pwInternalJSON.homepage;
   currentPackageJSON.author = pwInternalJSON.author;
   currentPackageJSON.license = pwInternalJSON.license;
-  for (const name of Object.keys(currentPackageJSON.dependencies)) {
+  for (const name of Object.keys(currentPackageJSON.dependencies || {})) {
     if (name in PACKAGES)
       currentPackageJSON.dependencies[name] = `=${pwInternalJSON.version}`;
   }
diff --git a/utils/publish_all_packages.sh b/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
index 1839e2b4e0..412c2dfb18 100755
--- a/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
+++ b/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ echo "==================== Publishing version ${VERSION} ================"
 node ./utils/prepare_packages.js
 node -e "console.log(require('./utils/list_packages').packages.join('\\n'))" | while read package
 do
-  if [[ ${package} == *"create-playwright" ]]; then
-    echo "Skipping ${package}..."
-    continue
-  fi
   npm publish ${package} --tag="${NPM_PUBLISH_TAG}"
 done