diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 96cf80f..2742ab8 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 - CI triggers: tag `v*` and manual dispatch; not every push to `main`.
 
 ## Version/Release Rules (MUST)
-- Source of truth for release version: `ModuleInfo/Version64` in `meta.lsx`.
+- Read release version only from `save/region/node[@id="ModuleSettings"]/children/node[@id="ModuleInfo"]/attribute[@id="Version64"]` via explicit XML parsing.
 - `PublishVersion` must not be changed during release preparation.
 - Release tag must match the source-of-truth version.
 - Decision logic before tagging:
diff --git a/scripts/set-version.ps1 b/scripts/set-version.ps1
index b30ccd1..2387f5b 100644
--- a/scripts/set-version.ps1
+++ b/scripts/set-version.ps1
@@ -36,8 +36,16 @@ if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $resolvedMetaPath)) {
 
 $resolvedVersion64 = Convert-VersionTagToVersion64 -Tag $VersionTag
 $metaContent = Get-Content -LiteralPath $resolvedMetaPath -Raw
+[xml]$metaXml = $metaContent
 
-$moduleInfoVersionPattern = '(?s)(<node id="ModuleInfo">.*?<attribute id="Version64" type="int64" value=")\d+("/>)'
+# Explicitly target ModuleInfo/Version64 via XML path to avoid touching Dependencies/PublishVersion.
+$moduleInfoVersionNode = $metaXml.SelectSingleNode('/save/region/node/children/node[@id="ModuleInfo"]/attribute[@id="Version64" and @type="int64"]')
+if ($null -eq $moduleInfoVersionNode) {
+    throw "ModuleInfo/Version64 attribute was not found in '$resolvedMetaPath'."
+}
+
+# Replace only the Version64 attribute that appears inside ModuleInfo before its <children> block.
+$moduleInfoVersionPattern = '(?s)(<node id="ModuleInfo">\s*(?:(?!<children>).)*?<attribute id="Version64" type="int64" value=")\d+("/>)'
 if ($metaContent -notmatch $moduleInfoVersionPattern) {
     throw "ModuleInfo/Version64 attribute was not found in '$resolvedMetaPath'."
 }