Mod dependencies and Version numbering

I'm aware there have been several forums talking about this but I need to know how to:

Include mod dependency name (Ie. moremcmeta_emissive_plugin -> MoreMcmeta Emissive Textures Plugin) *(If possible)

Include mod dependency version

Now I have fixed the version issue of the version being auto set to 0 every time you compile the mod but you have to export the mod, convert to .zip, extract .zip, go to the meta-inf folder, find mods.toml, edit the version, and then convert to zip, change to jar.

There has to be a better way to do this right?

Also I'm using Mcreator 2025.2, Forge 1.20.1