diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.4.3.1 (2023-07-05)
+- fix the template file SPDX license tag and cabal-version field placement
+
 ## 0.4.3 (2023-05-30)
 - bump template to Cabal 2.2
 - add pristine 'build' command: used before publish
diff --git a/data/template.cabal.tmpl b/data/template.cabal.tmpl
--- a/data/template.cabal.tmpl
+++ b/data/template.cabal.tmpl
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+cabal-version:       2.2
 name:                @PROJECT@
 version:             0.1.0
 synopsis:            One line summary
 description:
         Short paragraph here
-license:             BSD-3-clause
+license:             BSD-3-Clause
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              @NAME@ <@EMAIL@>
 maintainer:          @NAME@ <@EMAIL@>
@@ -14,11 +15,10 @@
 build-type:          Simple
 --  extra-doc-files:     README.md
 --                       ChangeLog.md
-cabal-version:       2.2
 -- tested-with:         GHC == 8.8.4
 --                       || == 8.10.7
 --                       || == 9.0.2
---                       || == 9.2.7
+--                       || == 9.2.8
 --                       || == 9.4.5
 
 source-repository head
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
+version:             0.4.3.1
 synopsis:            Simple Hackage release workflow for package maintainers
 description:
             Hkgr (Hackager) is a tool to help make new releases of