diff --git a/bin/update-glean-parser-version.sh b/bin/update-glean-parser-version.sh
index 846dd6409..654d4e101 100755
--- a/bin/update-glean-parser-version.sh
+++ b/bin/update-glean-parser-version.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ run rm "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}.bak"
 # update the version in glean-core/csharp/Glean/GleanParser.cs
 FILE=glean-core/csharp/Glean/GleanParser.cs
 run $SED -i.bak -E \
-    -e "s/GleanParserVersion = \"[0-9.]+\"/GLEAN_PARSER_VERSION = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" \
+    -e "s/GleanParserVersion = \"[0-9.]+\"/GleanParserVersion = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" \
+    "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}"
+run rm "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}.bak"
+
+# update the version in glean-core/Cargo.toml
+FILE=glean-core/Cargo.toml
+run $SED -i.bak -E \
+    -e "s/glean-parser = \"[0-9.]+\"/glean-parser = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" \
     "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}"
 run rm "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}.bak"
diff --git a/glean-core/Cargo.toml b/glean-core/Cargo.toml
index 504450ed8..4a811ac14 100644
--- a/glean-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/glean-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ include = [
   "/Cargo.toml"
 ]
 
+[package.metadata.glean]
+glean-parser = "1.28.3"
+
 [badges]
 circle-ci = { repository = "mozilla/glean", branch = "main" }
 maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }