diff --git a/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/base/monorepo/preset.mjs b/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/base/monorepo/preset.mjs
index 72ca89f3f..2b00802de 100644
--- a/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/base/monorepo/preset.mjs
+++ b/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/base/monorepo/preset.mjs
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ export default [
   }),
   extract(),
   install({
-    packages: ["vitest", "@types/node", "sst"],
+    packages: ["vitest", "@types/node", "sst@^2"],
     path: "packages/core",
     dev: true,
   }),
   install({
-    packages: ["@types/node", "@types/aws-lambda", "vitest", "sst"],
+    packages: ["@types/node", "@types/aws-lambda", "vitest", "sst@^2"],
     path: "packages/functions",
     dev: true,
   }),
diff --git a/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/examples/nextjs-rds-drizzle/preset.mjs b/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/examples/nextjs-rds-drizzle/preset.mjs
index 632153ec4..40ee228d2 100644
--- a/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/examples/nextjs-rds-drizzle/preset.mjs
+++ b/packages/create-sst/bin/presets/examples/nextjs-rds-drizzle/preset.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export default [
   extend("presets/base/monorepo"),
   extract(),
   install({
-    packages: ["@types/node", "@types/aws-lambda", "vitest", "sst"],
+    packages: ["@types/node", "@types/aws-lambda", "vitest", "sst@^2"],
     path: "packages/functions",
     dev: true,
   }),