diff --git a/.changeset/orange-trees-approve.md b/.changeset/orange-trees-approve.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e36e0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/orange-trees-approve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/cli": patch
+---
+
+Update SDK version for project scaffold from 0.6 to 0.9
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/commands/create.ts b/apps/cli/src/commands/create.ts
index 070f05d4..54483923 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/commands/create.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/commands/create.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { DownloadTemplateResult, downloadTemplate } from "giget";
 import ora from "ora";
 import { BaseCommand } from "../baseCommand.js";
 
-export const DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_BRANCH = "sdk-0.6";
+export const DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_BRANCH = "sdk-0.9";
 
 export default class CreateCommand extends BaseCommand<typeof CreateCommand> {
     static description = "Create application";