diff --git a/admin/Rakefile b/admin/Rakefile
index cac4241b2d0..ccb6eea4435 100644
--- a/admin/Rakefile
+++ b/admin/Rakefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
 require 'spree/testing_support/dummy_app/rake_tasks'
+require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
 
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new
 task default: :spec
diff --git a/admin/lib/solidus_admin/version.rb b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/version.rb
index e0ab196d4b3..db126dad578 100644
--- a/admin/lib/solidus_admin/version.rb
+++ b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/version.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'spree/core/version'
-
 module SolidusAdmin
-  VERSION = Spree.solidus_version
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
 end
diff --git a/admin/solidus_admin.gemspec b/admin/solidus_admin.gemspec
index 7aaa594d0d8..de86fc2bd0e 100644
--- a/admin/solidus_admin.gemspec
+++ b/admin/solidus_admin.gemspec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require_relative '../core/lib/spree/core/version'
+require_relative './lib/solidus_admin/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'solidus_admin'
-  s.version     = Spree.solidus_version
+  s.version     = SolidusAdmin::VERSION
   s.summary     = 'Admin interface for the Solidus e-commerce framework.'
   s.description = s.summary
 
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'geared_pagination', '~> 1.1'
   s.add_dependency 'importmap-rails', '~> 1.2', '>= 1.2.1'
-  s.add_dependency 'solidus_backend', s.version
-  s.add_dependency 'solidus_core', s.version
+  s.add_dependency 'solidus_backend', Spree.solidus_version
+  s.add_dependency 'solidus_core', Spree.solidus_version
   s.add_dependency 'stimulus-rails', '~> 1.2'
   s.add_dependency 'tailwindcss-rails', '~> 2.0'
   s.add_dependency 'turbo-rails', '~> 1.4'
diff --git a/solidus.gemspec b/solidus.gemspec
index f46b96100a3..0ae3a3455b8 100644
--- a/solidus.gemspec
+++ b/solidus.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0.0'
   s.required_rubygems_version = '>= 1.8.23'
 
-  s.add_dependency 'solidus_admin', s.version
+  s.add_dependency 'solidus_admin'
   s.add_dependency 'solidus_api', s.version
   s.add_dependency 'solidus_backend', s.version
   s.add_dependency 'solidus_core', s.version