diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 308daa2..5701570 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,26 @@ jobs:
           cd ./generator
           npm run publish:env
 
+      - name: Update bee version in package.json
+        uses: jossef/action-set-json-field@v1
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }}
+        with:
+          file: package.json
+          field: engines.bee
+          value: ${{ env.BEE_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Create/update PR
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }}
+        uses: gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_GHA_PAT }}
+        with:
+          title: "chore: update to bee ${{ env.BEE_VERSION }}"
+          body: "Updated Bee version ${{ env.BEE_VERSION }}"
+          branch: "bee-${{ env.BEE_VERSION }}"
+          commit-message: "chore: update to new bee"
+          author: "bee-worker <bee-worker@ethswarm.org>"
+
       - name: Trigger Bee-js PR creation
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }}
         uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v1