diff --git a/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-state.ts b/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-state.ts
index b874154f03d2..aa3231f356da 100644
--- a/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-state.ts
+++ b/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-state.ts
@@ -3278,14 +3278,17 @@ export function updatePackageJsonInEditorState(
       // There is a package.json file, we should update it.
       updatedPackageJsonFile = codeFile(
         transformPackageJson(packageJsonFile.fileContents.code),
-        RevisionsState.CodeAhead,
+        null,
         packageJsonFile.versionNumber + 1,
+        RevisionsState.CodeAheadButPleaseTellVSCodeAboutIt,
       )
     } else {
       // There is something else called package.json, we should bulldoze over it.
       updatedPackageJsonFile = codeFile(
         transformPackageJson(JSON.stringify(DefaultPackageJson)),
         null,
+        0,
+        RevisionsState.CodeAheadButPleaseTellVSCodeAboutIt,
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-update.spec.tsx b/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-update.spec.tsx
index 62d35e4ec115..855542efe4d1 100644
--- a/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-update.spec.tsx
+++ b/editor/src/components/editor/store/editor-update.spec.tsx
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ describe('updating package.json', () => {
           "parsed": Object {
             "type": "UNPARSED",
           },
-          "revisionsState": "CODE_AHEAD",
+          "revisionsState": "CODE_AHEAD_BUT_PLEASE_TELL_VSCODE_ABOUT_IT",
         }
       `)
     }