diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index c78770d..a13385a 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ Do not manually hardcode release versions in the committed `meta.lsx` for each r
 
 Release preparation rule:
 
-- before creating a release tag, run `scripts/set-version.ps1 -VersionTag <tag>` to update repository `Mods/DnD 5.5e AIO Russian/meta.lsx`
+- use `ModuleInfo/Version64` in `meta.lsx` as the source of truth for release tagging
+- if `meta.lsx` version was changed manually (for example via BG3 Toolkit), publish using a tag that matches this exact version
+- if `meta.lsx` version still matches the latest released tag, first bump version in `meta.lsx` (for example via `scripts/set-version.ps1 -VersionTag <tag>`), then commit and only after that create/push the release tag
 - only after that commit the change and create/push the release tag
-- if `meta.lsx` version was changed manually (for example via BG3 Toolkit), publish using a tag that matches that exact version and do not use a different tag
+- `PublishVersion` must not be modified during release preparation
 
 ## info.json Expectations
 
diff --git a/scripts/set-version.ps1 b/scripts/set-version.ps1
index 765c29c..b30ccd1 100644
--- a/scripts/set-version.ps1
+++ b/scripts/set-version.ps1
@@ -37,11 +37,17 @@ if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $resolvedMetaPath)) {
 $resolvedVersion64 = Convert-VersionTagToVersion64 -Tag $VersionTag
 $metaContent = Get-Content -LiteralPath $resolvedMetaPath -Raw
 
-$versionPattern = '(<attribute id="Version64" type="int64" value=")\d+("/>)'
-if ($metaContent -notmatch $versionPattern) {
-    throw "Version64 attributes were not found in '$resolvedMetaPath'."
+$moduleInfoVersionPattern = '(?s)(<node id="ModuleInfo">.*?<attribute id="Version64" type="int64" value=")\d+("/>)'
+if ($metaContent -notmatch $moduleInfoVersionPattern) {
+    throw "ModuleInfo/Version64 attribute was not found in '$resolvedMetaPath'."
 }
-$updatedMeta = $metaContent -replace $versionPattern, "`${1}$resolvedVersion64`${2}"
+
+$updatedMeta = [regex]::Replace(
+    $metaContent,
+    $moduleInfoVersionPattern,
+    "`${1}$resolvedVersion64`${2}",
+    1
+)
 
 $utf8Bom = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($true)
 [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($resolvedMetaPath, $updatedMeta, $utf8Bom)