diff --git a/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml b/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml
index 4f22b07..cf73d3d 100644
--- a/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tower_defense/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Tower defense on-chain game example using cougr-core ECS framewor
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-cougr-core = { path = "../../" }
+cougr-core = "0.1.0"
 soroban-sdk = "25.1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml b/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml
index 56f871b..2098fbc 100644
--- a/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/trading_card_game/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 soroban-sdk = "25.1.0"
-cougr-core = { path = "../../" }
+cougr-core = "0.1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 soroban-sdk = { version = "25.1.0", features = ["testutils"] }
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ lto = true
 
 [profile.release-with-logs]
 inherits = "release"
-debug-assertions = true
+debug-assertions = true
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