diff --git a/codegen/aws/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/aws/codegen/AwsPythonDependency.java b/codegen/aws/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/aws/codegen/AwsPythonDependency.java
index d1959628..814e5284 100644
--- a/codegen/aws/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/aws/codegen/AwsPythonDependency.java
+++ b/codegen/aws/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/aws/codegen/AwsPythonDependency.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ private AwsPythonDependency() {}
      */
     public static final PythonDependency SMITHY_AWS_CORE = new PythonDependency(
             "smithy_aws_core",
-            // You'll need to locally install this before we publish
-            "==0.0.1",
+            "<0.1.0",
             PythonDependency.Type.DEPENDENCY,
             false);
 }
diff --git a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/SmithyPythonDependency.java b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/SmithyPythonDependency.java
index 981a87e2..95d798c5 100644
--- a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/SmithyPythonDependency.java
+++ b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/SmithyPythonDependency.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ public final class SmithyPythonDependency {
      */
     public static final PythonDependency SMITHY_CORE = new PythonDependency(
             "smithy_core",
-            // You'll need to locally install this before we publish
-            "==0.0.1",
+            "<0.1.0",
             Type.DEPENDENCY,
             false);
 
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ public final class SmithyPythonDependency {
      */
     public static final PythonDependency SMITHY_HTTP = new PythonDependency(
             "smithy_http",
-            // You'll need to locally install this before we publish
-            "==0.0.1",
+            "<0.1.0",
             Type.DEPENDENCY,
             false);
 
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ public final class SmithyPythonDependency {
      */
     public static final PythonDependency SMITHY_JSON = new PythonDependency(
             "smithy_json",
-            "==0.0.1",
+            "<0.1.0",
             Type.DEPENDENCY,
             false);
 
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ public final class SmithyPythonDependency {
      */
     public static final PythonDependency SMITHY_AWS_EVENT_STREAM = new PythonDependency(
             "smithy_aws_event_stream",
-            "==0.0.1",
+            "<0.1.0",
             Type.DEPENDENCY,
             false);
 
diff --git a/packages/smithy-core/pyproject.toml b/packages/smithy-core/pyproject.toml
index 1c2de467..bc9c2615 100644
--- a/packages/smithy-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/smithy-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "smithy-core"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 description = "Core components for implementing Smithy tooling in Python."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a7f684ad..1178d2cc 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-signers"
-version = "0.0.2"
+version = "0.0.3"
 source = { editable = "packages/aws-sdk-signers" }
 
 [package.optional-dependencies]
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ requires-dist = [{ name = "smithy-core", editable = "packages/smithy-core" }]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smithy-core"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 source = { editable = "packages/smithy-core" }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]