diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@
 
 ## Help
 
-```shellsession
-$ hkgr --version
-0.4.3
-$ hkgr --help
+`$ hkgr --version`
+```
+0.4.3.2
+```
+`$ hkgr --help`
+```
 Hackage Release tool
 
 Usage: hkgr [--version] COMMAND
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@
 the tag and dist tarball.
 
 One should not be able to `tagdist` on an already published
-(ie released) version made with hkgr, before the version is bumped.
+(ie released) version made with hkgr, until the version is bumped.
 
 If sdist fails for some reason then hkgr tries to reset the tag.
 
@@ -167,3 +169,8 @@
 
 ## Requirements
 hkgr uses `cabal-install` >=2, `git`, and also `hlint` if available.
+
+## Contribute
+`hkgr` is distributed under GPL version 3 or later.
+
+Reports and contributions are welcome at <https://github.com/juhp/hkgr>.
diff --git a/data/template.cabal.tmpl b/data/template.cabal.tmpl
--- a/data/template.cabal.tmpl
+++ b/data/template.cabal.tmpl
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 build-type:          Simple
 --  extra-doc-files:     README.md
 --                       ChangeLog.md
--- tested-with:         GHC == 8.8.4
---                       || == 8.10.7
+-- tested-with:         GHC == 8.10.7
 --                       || == 9.0.2
 --                       || == 9.2.8
---                       || == 9.4.5
+--                       || == 9.4.7
+--                       || == 9.6.3
 
 source-repository head
   type:                git
diff --git a/hkgr.cabal b/hkgr.cabal
--- a/hkgr.cabal
+++ b/hkgr.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       2.0
 name:                hkgr
-version:             0.4.3.1
+version:             0.4.3.2
 synopsis:            Simple Hackage release workflow for package maintainers
 description:
             Hkgr (Hackager) is a tool to help make new releases of
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
     let dest = takeDirectory $ cwd </> target
     unlessM (doesDirectoryExist dest) $
       createDirectoryIfMissing True dest
+    addCabalProject
     cabal_ "v2-sdist" ["--output-dir=" ++ dest]
 
 showVersionCmd :: IO ()
@@ -454,6 +455,13 @@
   git_ "branch" ["-M", "main"]
 --  git_ "push" ["-u", "origin", "main"]
 
+-- pristine cabal sdist/build fail if there's a top cabal.project
+addCabalProject :: IO ()
+addCabalProject = do
+  let cabalproject = "cabal.project"
+  unlessM (doesFileExist cabalproject) $
+    writeFile cabalproject "packages: .\n"
+
 pristineBuildCmd :: IO ()
 pristineBuildCmd = do
   needProgram "cabal"
@@ -466,4 +474,5 @@
   withTempDirectory "tmp-build" $ do
     cmd_ "tar" ["xf", tarball]
     setCurrentDirectory $ showPkgId pkgid
+    addCabalProject
     cabal_ "build" []