diff --git a/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/01-setup.md b/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/01-setup.md
index 18de410612..04e31b859e 100644
--- a/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/01-setup.md
+++ b/docs/permissions/plugin-authors/01-setup.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ The source code is available here:
       git checkout master -- plugins/example-todo-list/
       git checkout master -- plugins/example-todo-list-backend/
       git checkout master -- plugins/example-todo-list-common/
+      sed -i '' 's/workspace:\^/\*/g' plugins/example-todo-list/package.json
+      sed -i '' 's/workspace:\^/\*/g' plugins/example-todo-list-backend/package.json
+      sed -i '' 's/workspace:\^/\*/g' plugins/example-todo-list-common/package.json
       for file in plugins/*; do mv "$file" "$OLDPWD/${file/example-todo/todo}"; done
       cd -
     ```
@@ -37,8 +40,8 @@ The source code is available here:
 2.  Add these packages as dependencies for your Backstage app:
 
     ```
-    $ yarn workspace backend add @internal/plugin-todo-list-backend@^1.0.0 @internal/plugin-todo-list-common@^1.0.0
-    $ yarn workspace app add @internal/plugin-todo-list@^1.0.0
+    $ yarn workspace backend add @internal/plugin-todo-list-backend @internal/plugin-todo-list-common
+    $ yarn workspace app add @internal/plugin-todo-list
     ```
 
 3.  Include the backend and frontend plugin in your application: