diff --git a/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/CheckMergedManifestTask.kt b/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/CheckMergedManifestTask.kt
index 84c4cde8..dc0d8560 100644
--- a/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/CheckMergedManifestTask.kt
+++ b/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/CheckMergedManifestTask.kt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ abstract class CheckMergedManifestTask : DefaultTask() {
 
         val fileContents = mergedManifest.get().asFile.readText()
         val gitVersion = gitInfoFile.get().asFile.readText()
-        if (fileContents.contains("android:targetSdkVersion=\"$gitVersion\"")) {
+        if (fileContents.contains("android:versionName=\"$gitVersion\"")) {
             return
         } else {
             throw RuntimeException("Merged manifest does not contains transformed data.")
diff --git a/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/ManifestTransformerTask.kt b/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/ManifestTransformerTask.kt
index e767206b..d556db4e 100644
--- a/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/ManifestTransformerTask.kt
+++ b/recipes/transformManifest/build-logic/plugins/src/main/kotlin/ManifestTransformerTask.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ abstract class ManifestTransformerTask: DefaultTask() {
 
         val gitVersion = gitInfoFile.get().asFile.readText()
         var manifest = mergedManifest.asFile.get().readText()
-        manifest = manifest.replace("android:targetSdkVersion=\"34\"", "android:targetSdkVersion=\"$gitVersion\"")
+        manifest = manifest.replace("package=\"com.example.android.recipes.transformManifest\" >", "" +
+                "package=\"com.example.android.recipes.transformManifest\"\n" +
+                "android:versionName=\"$gitVersion\" >")
         updatedManifest.get().asFile.writeText(manifest)
     }
 }
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