diff --git a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_create.py b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_create.py
index 3e5a5b0ed9..9d3f011880 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_create.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_create.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from .utils import _onboarding
 
 _INIT_PY_TEMPLATE = """\
-from . import agent
+from . import agent as agent
 """
 
 _AGENT_PY_TEMPLATE = """\
diff --git a/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_create.py b/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_create.py
index 98e0a92f88..bcb45218fe 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_create.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_create.py
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ def test_generate_files_with_api_key(agent_folder: Path) -> None:
   assert "GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_ENTERPRISE=0" in env_content
   assert (agent_folder / ".gitignore").read_text() == ".env\n"
   assert (agent_folder / "agent.py").exists()
-  assert (agent_folder / "__init__.py").exists()
+  assert (
+      agent_folder / "__init__.py"
+  ).read_text() == "from . import agent as agent\n"
 
 
 def test_generate_files_with_gcp(agent_folder: Path) -> None: