diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-jetbrains.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-jetbrains.yml
index bc1094b11f..d72664c238 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-jetbrains.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-jetbrains.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ jobs:
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
 
-      - name: Save reviewed changelog
-        run: cp packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md "$RUNNER_TEMP/jetbrains-CHANGELOG.md"
+      - name: Save reviewed release metadata
+        run: |
+          cp packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md "$RUNNER_TEMP/jetbrains-CHANGELOG.md"
+          cp packages/kilo-jetbrains/package.json "$RUNNER_TEMP/jetbrains-package.json"
 
       - name: Checkout release tag
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -55,8 +57,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
 
-      - name: Restore reviewed changelog
-        run: cp "$RUNNER_TEMP/jetbrains-CHANGELOG.md" packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md
+      - name: Restore reviewed release metadata
+        run: |
+          cp "$RUNNER_TEMP/jetbrains-CHANGELOG.md" packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md
+          cp "$RUNNER_TEMP/jetbrains-package.json" packages/kilo-jetbrains/package.json
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
diff --git a/script/publish-start.ts b/script/publish-start.ts
index 41333c6e64..fa6144f164 100755
--- a/script/publish-start.ts
+++ b/script/publish-start.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ const pkgjsons = await Array.fromAsync(
   new Bun.Glob("**/package.json").scan({
     absolute: true,
   }),
-).then((arr) => arr.filter((x) => !x.includes("node_modules") && !x.includes("dist")))
+).then((arr) =>
+  arr.filter(
+    (x) =>
+      !x.includes("node_modules") &&
+      !x.includes("dist") &&
+      !x.endsWith("/packages/kilo-jetbrains/package.json"), // kilocode_change
+  ),
+)
 
 for (const file of pkgjsons) {
   let pkg = await Bun.file(file).text()
diff --git a/script/publish.ts b/script/publish.ts
index 9e676d0a13..e9f1c8b713 100755
--- a/script/publish.ts
+++ b/script/publish.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ const pkgjsons = await Array.fromAsync(
   new Bun.Glob("**/package.json").scan({
     absolute: true,
   }),
-).then((arr) => arr.filter((x) => !x.includes("node_modules") && !x.includes("dist")))
+).then((arr) =>
+  arr.filter(
+    (x) =>
+      !x.includes("node_modules") &&
+      !x.includes("dist") &&
+      !x.endsWith("/packages/kilo-jetbrains/package.json"), // kilocode_change
+  ),
+)
 
 for (const file of pkgjsons) {
   let pkg = await Bun.file(file).text()
diff --git a/script/upstream/transforms/preserve-versions.ts b/script/upstream/transforms/preserve-versions.ts
index 4fdd568ec8..0c5e9229f6 100644
--- a/script/upstream/transforms/preserve-versions.ts
+++ b/script/upstream/transforms/preserve-versions.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ export async function preserveAllVersions(options: PreserveOptions = {}): Promis
   info(`Target version: ${targetVersion}`)
 
   for await (const path of glob.scan({ absolute: true })) {
+    if (path.endsWith("/packages/kilo-jetbrains/package.json")) continue
+
     // Skip excluded paths
     if (excludes.some((ex) => path.includes(ex.replace(/\*\*/g, "")))) {
       continue