diff --git a/ostd/Cargo.toml b/ostd/Cargo.toml
index 29430e913..a7a5cbbdc 100644
--- a/ostd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ostd/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ log = "0.4"
 num = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 num-derive = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
-ostd-macros = { version = "0.9.2", path = "libs/ostd-macros" }
-ostd-test = { version = "0.9.2", path = "libs/ostd-test" }
+ostd-macros = { path = "libs/ostd-macros", version = "0.9.2" }
+ostd-test = { path = "libs/ostd-test", version = "0.9.2" }
 owo-colors = { version = "3", optional = true }
 ostd-pod = { git = "https://github.com/asterinas/ostd-pod", rev = "c4644be", version = "0.1.1" }
 spin = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/tools/github_workflows/publish_osdk_and_ostd.sh b/tools/github_workflows/publish_osdk_and_ostd.sh
index ef121080d..d256b91a0 100755
--- a/tools/github_workflows/publish_osdk_and_ostd.sh
+++ b/tools/github_workflows/publish_osdk_and_ostd.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,19 @@ do_publish_for() {
         TARGET_ARGS="--target $2"
     fi
     if [ -n "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
-        cargo publish --dry-run $TARGET_ARGS
+        # Temporarily change the crate version to the next patched version.
+        #
+        # `cargo publish --dry-run` requires that 
+        # the crate version is not already published on crates.io,
+        # otherwise, the check will fail.
+        # Therefore, we modify the crate version to ensure it is not published.
+        current_version=$(cat $ASTER_SRC_DIR/VERSION)
+        next_patched_version=$(echo "$current_version" | awk -F. '{printf "%d.%d.%d\n", $1, $2, $3 + 1}')
+        pattern="^version = \"[[:digit:]]\+\.[[:digit:]]\+\.[[:digit:]]\+\"$"
+        sed -i "0,/${pattern}/s/${pattern}/version = \"${next_patched_version}\"/1" Cargo.toml
+        
+        # Perform checks
+        cargo publish --dry-run --allow-dirty $TARGET_ARGS
         cargo doc $TARGET_ARGS
     else
         cargo publish --token $TOKEN $TARGET_ARGS