diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/kinds/verify-kinds.go b/.github/workflows/scripts/kinds/verify-kinds.go
index 0d92fff28ae..72fc3b30476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/kinds/verify-kinds.go
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/kinds/verify-kinds.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func loadComposableKind(name string, kind string) (kindsys.Kind, error) {
 
 	fs := fstest.MapFS{
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s.cue", name): &fstest.MapFile{
-			Data: []byte("package grafanaplugin\n" + kind),
+			Data: []byte(kind),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (j *ckrJenny) Generate(k kindsys.Composable) (*codejen.File, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	newKindBytes = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("package kind\n\n%s", newKindBytes))
+	newKindBytes = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("package grafanaplugin\n\n%s", newKindBytes))
 
 	return codejen.NewFile(filepath.Join(j.path, "next", "composable", name+".cue"), newKindBytes, j), nil
 }
@@ -399,10 +399,17 @@ func (registry *kindRegistry) getPublishedKind(name string, category string, lat
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	kindPath := filepath.Join(
-		registry.zipDir,
-		fmt.Sprintf("grafana/%s/%s/%s.cue", latestRegistryDir, category, name),
-	)
+	var cueFilePath string
+	switch category {
+		case "core":
+			cueFilePath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.cue", name, name)
+		case "composable":
+			cueFilePath = fmt.Sprintf("%s.cue", name)
+		default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("kind can only be core or composable")
+	}
+
+	kindPath := filepath.Join(latestRegistryDir, category, cueFilePath)
 	file, err := registry.zipFile.Open(kindPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to open file: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef.cue b/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef.cue
index b2ec0f409a1..aa0514fc914 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef.cue
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef.cue
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ schemas: [{
 
 			// Required Grafana version for this plugin. Validated using
 			// https://github.com/npm/node-semver.
-			grafanaDependency: =~"^(<=|>=|<|>|=|~|\\^)?([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9x\\*]+)(\\.[0-9x\\*]+)?(\\s(<=|>=|<|=>)?([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9x]+)(\\.[0-9x]+))?$"
+			grafanaDependency?: =~"^(<=|>=|<|>|=|~|\\^)?([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9x\\*]+)(\\.[0-9x\\*]+)?(\\s(<=|>=|<|=>)?([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9x]+)(\\.[0-9x]+))?$"
 
 			// An array of required plugins on which this plugin depends
 			plugins?: [...#Dependency]
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef_types_gen.go b/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef_types_gen.go
index c9ad1b92786..1f419341259 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef_types_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugindef/plugindef_types_gen.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ type BuildInfo struct {
 type Dependencies struct {
 	// Required Grafana version for this plugin. Validated using
 	// https://github.com/npm/node-semver.
-	GrafanaDependency string `json:"grafanaDependency"`
+	GrafanaDependency *string `json:"grafanaDependency,omitempty"`
 
 	// (Deprecated) Required Grafana version for this plugin, e.g.
 	// `6.x.x 7.x.x` to denote plugin requires Grafana v6.x.x or