diff --git a/Dockerfile.test b/Dockerfile.test
index 2e9a80ebc..3c3d0f0d9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/Dockerfile.test
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ RUN npx --yes @puppeteer/browsers install chrome-headless-shell@148.0.7778.167 \
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install bun
-RUN curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
+RUN curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | BUN_INSTALL="/root/.bun" bash -s "bun-v1.3.13"
 ENV PATH="/root/.bun/bin:$PATH"
 
 # Install dependencies (full, including devDependencies for tsx + test harness)
diff --git a/packages/sdk-playground/package.json b/packages/sdk-playground/package.json
index e15f423e8..2f0a203c9 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-playground/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk-playground/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk-playground",
+  "version": "0.6.99",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/scripts/verify-packed-manifests.mjs b/scripts/verify-packed-manifests.mjs
index 0af65e02d..792f31e80 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-packed-manifests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-packed-manifests.mjs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function main() {
     const sourcePackageJson = JSON.parse(
       readFileSync(join(ROOT, workspace, "package.json"), "utf8"),
     );
+    if (sourcePackageJson.private) continue;
     if (listWorkspaceRefs(sourcePackageJson).length === 0) continue;
 
     const packDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "hyperframes-pack-"));