diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release-candidate.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release-candidate.md
index 7ed0ae84e..83de2c21c 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release-candidate.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release-candidate.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Most of the template content is the same or very similar to what is in `release.
 - [ ] Enter the [logos-blockchain-module] repository locally.
 - [ ] Branch out from the latest `master` commit with a release branch named `release/X.Y.Z`. If this is not the first release candidate for this version, HARD reset the branch on top of `master` and force-push the new tip
 - [ ] Bump the `logos-blockchain.url` input in the `flake.nix` file: `logos-blockchain.url = "github:logos-blockchain/logos-blockchain?ref=X.Y.Z-rc.N";`
-- [ ] Set the version to `0.0.999` inside the `metadata.json` file
+- [ ] Set the version to `X.Y.Z-rc.N` inside the `metadata.json` file
 - [ ] Re-generate the `flake.lock` file using the command `nix flake lock`
 - [ ] Commit the changes and tag them with `X.Y.Z-rc.N`
 - [ ] Push the commit and the tag
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index cab4cf575..8c0987a72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   TEST_TAG_NAME: release-ci-test
-  # Release candidates always point at the fixed devnet version of the `blockchain_module` package.
-  PRERELEASE_MODULE_VERSION: 0.0.999
 
 jobs:
   configure-version:
@@ -132,14 +130,11 @@ jobs:
             fi
           done
 
-          # Release candidates target the devnet and always point at the fixed devnet version of the
-          # `blockchain_module` package, while releases target the testnet and publish the package under
-          # the same version as the node.
+          # The `blockchain_module` package is published under the same version as the node, for both
+          # releases and release candidates. Only the network they bootstrap against differs.
           if [[ "$IS_PRERELEASE" == "true" ]]; then
-            BLOCKCHAIN_MODULE_VERSION="$PRERELEASE_MODULE_VERSION"
             PEERS_FILE=.github/release/devnet-peers.txt
           else
-            BLOCKCHAIN_MODULE_VERSION="$VERSION"
             PEERS_FILE=.github/release/testnet-peers.txt
           fi
           # `sed`'s `r` command ignores a missing file, which would silently produce an empty peer list.
@@ -148,9 +143,9 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          echo "Setting '$MODULE_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER' to '$BLOCKCHAIN_MODULE_VERSION' and '$INITIAL_PEERS_PLACEHOLDER' to the contents of '$PEERS_FILE'."
+          echo "Setting '$MODULE_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER' to '$VERSION' and '$INITIAL_PEERS_PLACEHOLDER' to the contents of '$PEERS_FILE'."
 
-          sed -e "s|$MODULE_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER|$BLOCKCHAIN_MODULE_VERSION|g" \
+          sed -e "s|$MODULE_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER|$VERSION|g" \
               -e "/$INITIAL_PEERS_PLACEHOLDER/r $PEERS_FILE" \
               -e "/$INITIAL_PEERS_PLACEHOLDER/d" \
               "$TEMPLATE" > "$OUTPUT"