diff --git a/packages/application-extension/package.json b/packages/application-extension/package.json
index 14be77cb48..4f5ac10a75 100644
--- a/packages/application-extension/package.json
+++ b/packages/application-extension/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "watch": "tsc -b --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@jupyter-notebook/application": "^7.5.0-alpha.2",
+    "@jupyter-notebook/application": "^7.0.0",
     "@jupyter-notebook/ui-components": "^7.5.0-alpha.2",
     "@jupyterlab/application": "~4.5.0-alpha.3",
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": "~4.6.0-alpha.3",