diff --git a/templates/simple/dune-project b/templates/simple/dune-project
index 37f995d64..0ececa7d7 100644
--- a/templates/simple/dune-project
+++ b/templates/simple/dune-project
@@ -1 +1 @@
-(lang dune 3.0)
+(lang dune 3.8)
diff --git a/templates/simple/package.opam b/templates/simple/example.opam
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/simple/package.opam
rename to templates/simple/example.opam
diff --git a/templates/simple/flake.nix b/templates/simple/flake.nix
index 74422fd4d..fda668340 100644
--- a/templates/simple/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/simple/flake.nix
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@
       let pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}; in
       {
         packages = {
-          inherit (pkgs.ocamlPackages.callPackage ./nix {
+          default = pkgs.callPackage ./nix {
             inherit nix-filter;
             doCheck = true;
-          }) package;
+          };
         };
 
         devShells = {
           default = pkgs.mkShell {
-            inputsFrom = with self.packages.${system}; [
-              package
+            inputsFrom = [
+              self.packages.${system}.default
             ];
 
             nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs.ocamlPackages; [
diff --git a/templates/simple/nix/default.nix b/templates/simple/nix/default.nix
index dc9a11b0c..a85d2a0c7 100644
--- a/templates/simple/nix/default.nix
+++ b/templates/simple/nix/default.nix
@@ -6,44 +6,43 @@
 , static ? false
 , doCheck
 }:
-with ocamlPackages; {
-  package = buildDunePackage {
-    pname = "package";
-    version = "1.0.0";
+with ocamlPackages;
+buildDunePackage {
+  pname = "example";
+  version = "1.0.0";
 
-    src = with nix-filter.lib;
-      filter {
-        # Root of the project relative to this file
-        root = ./..;
-        # If no include is passed, it will include all the paths.
-        include = [
-          # Include the "src" path relative to the root.
-          "src"
-          "test"
-          # Include this specific path. The path must be under the root.
-          ../package.opam
-          ../dune-project
-        ];
-      };
+  src = with nix-filter.lib;
+    filter {
+      # Root of the project relative to this file
+      root = ./..;
+      # If no include is passed, it will include all the paths.
+      include = [
+        # Include the "src" path relative to the root.
+        "src"
+        "test"
+        # Include this specific path. The path must be under the root.
+        ../example.opam
+        ../dune-project
+      ];
+    };
 
-    checkInputs = [
-      # Put test dependencies here
-      alcotest
-    ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    # Put test dependencies here
+    alcotest
+  ];
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      # Put dependencies here if you're creating a library
-    ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    # Put dependencies here if you're creating a library
+  ];
 
-    buildInputs = [
-      # Put build-time dependencies here
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    # Put build-time dependencies here
+  ];
 
-    inherit doCheck;
+  inherit doCheck;
 
-    meta = {
-      description = "Describe your project here";
-      # license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    };
+  meta = {
+    description = "Describe your project here";
+    # license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/templates/simple/src/bin/dune b/templates/simple/src/bin/dune
index 995b241cb..808608997 100644
--- a/templates/simple/src/bin/dune
+++ b/templates/simple/src/bin/dune
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 (executable
  (name main)
- (public_name package)
- (libraries package))
+ (public_name example)
+ (libraries example))
diff --git a/templates/simple/src/lib/dune b/templates/simple/src/lib/dune
index 74423e2eb..33dbb74ad 100644
--- a/templates/simple/src/lib/dune
+++ b/templates/simple/src/lib/dune
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 (library
- (name package)
- (public_name package))
+ (name example)
+ (public_name example))