diff --git a/src/commands/dev/generate/library.ts b/src/commands/dev/generate/library.ts
index 6143c62..ce95b9b 100644
--- a/src/commands/dev/generate/library.ts
+++ b/src/commands/dev/generate/library.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export default class GenerateLibrary extends SfCommand<void> {
     await generator.loadPjson();
 
     generator.pjson.name = `${answers.scope}/${answers.name}`;
+    generator.pjson.version = '1.0.0';
     generator.pjson.description = answers.description;
     generator.pjson.repository = `${answers.org}/${answers.name}`;
     generator.pjson.homepage = `https://github.com/${answers.org}/${answers.name}`;
diff --git a/src/commands/dev/generate/plugin.ts b/src/commands/dev/generate/plugin.ts
index f125a1f..02ac6ea 100644
--- a/src/commands/dev/generate/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/commands/dev/generate/plugin.ts
@@ -140,13 +140,14 @@ export default class GeneratePlugin extends SfCommand<void> {
           name: `@salesforce/${answers.name}`,
           repository: `salesforcecli/${answers.name}`,
           homepage: `https://github.com/salesforcecli/${answers.name}`,
-          description: answers.description,
         }
       : {
           name: answers.name,
-          description: answers.description,
         };
 
+    updated.version = '1.0.0';
+    updated.description = answers.description;
+
     if (answers.author) {
       updated.author = answers.author;
     }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 847b3fc..75ce206 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export type NYC = {
 
 export type PackageJson = {
   name: string;
+  version: string;
   devDependencies: Record<string, string>;
   dependencies: Record<string, string>;
   files: string[];
diff --git a/test/commands/dev/generate/plugin.nut.ts b/test/commands/dev/generate/plugin.nut.ts
index e057494..06a1c14 100644
--- a/test/commands/dev/generate/plugin.nut.ts
+++ b/test/commands/dev/generate/plugin.nut.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ describe('dev generate plugin NUTs', () => {
     const packageJson = readJson<PackageJson>(packageJsonPath);
 
     expect(packageJson.name).to.equal('@salesforce/plugin-awesome');
+    expect(packageJson.version).to.equal('1.0.0');
     expect(packageJson.author).to.equal('Salesforce');
     expect(packageJson.description).to.equal('a description');
     expect(packageJson.bugs).to.equal('https://github.com/forcedotcom/cli/issues');
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ describe('dev generate plugin NUTs', () => {
     const packageJson = readJson<PackageJson>(packageJsonPath);
 
     expect(packageJson.name).to.equal('my-plugin');
+    expect(packageJson.version).to.equal('1.0.0');
     expect(packageJson.author).to.equal('me');
     expect(packageJson.description).to.equal('a description');
 
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ describe('dev generate plugin NUTs', () => {
     const packageJson = readJson<PackageJson>(packageJsonPath);
 
     expect(packageJson.name).to.equal('my-plugin');
+    expect(packageJson.version).to.equal('1.0.0');
     expect(packageJson.author).to.equal('me');
     expect(packageJson.description).to.equal('a description');
     const nycConfig = readJson<NYC>(path.join(session.dir, 'my-plugin', '.nycrc'));