diff --git a/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1 b/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
index 305b6cc..3e13bca 100644
--- a/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
+++ b/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     ExcludeRules = @(
         'PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions'
         'PSUseSingularNouns'
+        'PSUseApprovedVerbs'
     )
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/Private/Resolve-ModuleSourcePaths.Tests.ps1 b/Tests/Unit/Private/Resolve-ModuleSourcePaths.Tests.ps1
index 7974da9..714d875 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/Private/Resolve-ModuleSourcePaths.Tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Unit/Private/Resolve-ModuleSourcePaths.Tests.ps1
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ Describe 'Resolve-ModuleSourcePaths' {
 
             # Create only a Public dir, no Enums/Classes/Private
             New-Item -Path (Join-Path $TempRoot 'Public') -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
-            Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $TempRoot 'Public' 'Test-Func.ps1') -Value 'function Test-Func { }'
+            $PublicDir = Join-Path -Path $TempRoot -ChildPath 'Public'
+            Set-Content -Path (Join-Path -Path $PublicDir -ChildPath 'Test-Func.ps1') -Value 'function Test-Func { }'
 
             $Result = Resolve-ModuleSourcePaths -ModuleRoot $TempRoot
         }
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/Private/Update-ManifestField.Tests.ps1 b/Tests/Unit/Private/Update-ManifestField.Tests.ps1
index 229b1f4..a10b65c 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/Private/Update-ManifestField.Tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Unit/Private/Update-ManifestField.Tests.ps1
@@ -161,9 +161,19 @@ Describe 'Update-ManifestField' {
         BeforeEach {
             # Create a fresh copy for each test
             Copy-Item -Path $Script:RefManifestPath -Destination $Script:PrereleaseManifestPath -Force
-            # Uncomment the Prerelease field so Update-ManifestField can locate and replace it
+            # Ensure the Prerelease field exists and is uncommented.
+            # PS 5.1 New-ModuleManifest may not generate the Prerelease field at all.
             $Content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($Script:PrereleaseManifestPath, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
-            $Content = $Content -replace '# Prerelease = ''''', 'Prerelease = '''''
+            if ($Content -match '# Prerelease = ') {
+                # PS 7+: uncomment the existing field
+                $Content = $Content -replace '# Prerelease = ''''', 'Prerelease = '''''
+            }
+            elseif ($Content -notmatch '\bPrerelease\s*=') {
+                # PS 5.1: field missing entirely, inject into PSData section
+                $PsdMarker = '    } # End of PSData hashtable'
+                $Injection = "        Prerelease = ''" + "`r`n" + "`r`n" + $PsdMarker
+                $Content = $Content.Replace($PsdMarker, $Injection)
+            }
             [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($Script:PrereleaseManifestPath, $Content, [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new($true))
         }