diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3c6dfa536..32aa5d70f5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
     "test:wa": "yarn g:test:wa",
     "test:watch": "yarn g:test:watch",
     "typecheck": "yarn g:typecheck",
-    "typecheck:all": "yarn g:typecheck:all"
+    "typecheck:all": "yarn g:typecheck:all",
+    "sync:plate": "node templates/plate-playground-template/scripts/sync-plate.cjs"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "eslint-plugin-import": "2.27.5",
diff --git a/templates/plate-playground-template/package.json b/templates/plate-playground-template/package.json
index dfed86b1bb..3e11fe18d3 100644
--- a/templates/plate-playground-template/package.json
+++ b/templates/plate-playground-template/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@udecode/plate-break": "^39.0.0",
     "@udecode/plate-caption": "^39.0.0",
     "@udecode/plate-code-block": "^39.0.0",
-    "@udecode/plate-combobox": "^39.0.0",
+    "@udecode/plate-combobox": "39.0.0",
     "@udecode/plate-comments": "^39.0.0",
     "@udecode/plate-common": "39.2.15",
     "@udecode/plate-csv": "^39.1.6",
diff --git a/templates/plate-playground-template/scripts/sync-plate.cjs b/templates/plate-playground-template/scripts/sync-plate.cjs
index b1ad876ad4..6d08bc1349 100644
--- a/templates/plate-playground-template/scripts/sync-plate.cjs
+++ b/templates/plate-playground-template/scripts/sync-plate.cjs
@@ -1,69 +1,132 @@
-const { execSync } = require('node:child_process');
-const fs = require('node:fs');
+// sync plate packages
+const { exec } = require('node:child_process');
+const fs = require('node:fs/promises');
 const path = require('node:path');
+const util = require('node:util');
+
+const execPromise = util.promisify(exec);
 
 const TARGET_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../', './package.json');
-const files = fs.readFileSync(TARGET_PATH);
-const json = JSON.parse(files);
-
-const INCLUDE_PACKAGES = new Set(
-  Object.keys(json.dependencies).filter((pkg) => pkg.startsWith('@udecode'))
-);
-
-const versionMap = new Map();
-const updatedPackages = [];
-
-function fetchLatestVersions() {
-  console.info('Fetching latest versions...');
-  INCLUDE_PACKAGES.forEach((pkg) => {
-    try {
-      const version = execSync(`npm view ${pkg} version`, {
-        encoding: 'utf8',
-      }).trim();
-      const currentVersion = json.dependencies[pkg]
-        ? json.dependencies[pkg].replace(/^\D*/, '')
-        : 'Not installed';
-      console.info();
-      console.info(`fetch success Package: ${pkg}`);
-      console.info(`Current version: ${currentVersion}`);
-      console.info(`Latest version: ${version}`);
-      console.info(
-        '#################################################################################'
-      );
-      versionMap.set(pkg, { currentVersion, version }); // Store both current and latest versions
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(`Error fetching version for ${pkg}: ${error.message}`);
+
+async function getPackageJson() {
+  try {
+    const files = await fs.readFile(TARGET_PATH, 'utf8');
+
+    return JSON.parse(files);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error reading package.json:', error.message);
+
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function fetchPackageVersion(pkg) {
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execPromise(`npm view ${pkg} version`);
+
+    return stdout.trim();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error fetching version for ${pkg}:`, error.message);
+
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+async function fetchLatestVersions(packages, packageJson) {
+  console.info('Fetching latest plate versions in parallel...');
+
+  const versionPromises = packages.map(async (pkg) => {
+    const version = await fetchPackageVersion(pkg);
+
+    if (version) {
+      const currentVersion =
+        packageJson.dependencies[pkg]?.replace(/^\D*/, '') ?? 'Not installed';
+
+      return [pkg, { currentVersion, version }];
     }
+
+    return null;
   });
+
+  const results = await Promise.all(versionPromises);
+
+  return new Map(results.filter(Boolean));
 }
 
-function updatedVersion() {
-  console.info('Updating package.json...');
-  versionMap.forEach((versions, name) => {
-    if (json.dependencies[name] && INCLUDE_PACKAGES.has(name)) {
-      const currentVersion = versions.currentVersion;
-      const newVersion = versions.version;
+async function updatePackageVersions(packageJson, versionMap) {
+  const updatedPackages = [];
+
+  for (const [name, versions] of versionMap) {
+    if (packageJson.dependencies[name]) {
+      const { currentVersion, version: newVersion } = versions;
 
       if (currentVersion !== newVersion) {
-        json.dependencies[name] = newVersion;
+        packageJson.dependencies[name] = newVersion;
         updatedPackages.push({ currentVersion, name, newVersion });
       }
     }
-  });
+  }
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(TARGET_PATH, JSON.stringify(json, null, 2));
+  await fs.writeFile(TARGET_PATH, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
 
-  console.info('Update success');
+  return updatedPackages;
 }
 
-fetchLatestVersions();
-updatedVersion();
+async function main() {
+  try {
+    // Read package.json
+    const packageJson = await getPackageJson();
 
-if (updatedPackages.length > 0) {
-  console.info('The following packages were updated:');
-  updatedPackages.forEach((pkg) => {
-    console.info(`${pkg.name}: ${pkg.currentVersion} -> ${pkg.newVersion}`);
-  });
-} else {
-  console.info('No packages were updated.');
+    // Filter @udecode packages
+    const INCLUDE_PACKAGES = Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies).filter(
+      (pkg) => pkg.startsWith('@udecode')
+    );
+
+    // Fetch latest versions in parallel
+    const versionMap = await fetchLatestVersions(INCLUDE_PACKAGES, packageJson);
+
+    // Update package.json with new versions
+    const updatedPackages = await updatePackageVersions(
+      packageJson,
+      versionMap
+    );
+
+    // Log results
+    if (updatedPackages.length > 0) {
+      console.log('\nThe following packages were updated.');
+      updatedPackages.forEach(({ currentVersion, name, newVersion }) => {
+        console.log(
+          '\u001B[32m%s\u001B[0m',
+          `${name}: ${currentVersion} -> ${newVersion}`
+        );
+      });
+
+      console.info('\nRunning pnpm install...');
+      const { execSync } = require('node:child_process');
+
+      try {
+        const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+        const shouldInstall = args.includes('--install');
+
+        if (!shouldInstall) {
+          console.info('Skipping pnpm install. Use --install flag to run it.');
+
+          return;
+        }
+
+        execSync('pnpm install', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+        console.info('pnpm install completed successfully.');
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error running pnpm install:', error.message);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.info('\nNo packages were updated.');
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error updating packages:', error.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
 }
+
+main();