diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index f05348fc4..b12b1c9bb 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <UsingToolNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies>true</UsingToolNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionMajor>8</VersionMajor>
+    <VersionMajor>9</VersionMajor>
     <VersionMinor>0</VersionMinor>
     <VersionSDKMinor>1</VersionSDKMinor>
     <VersionFeature>00</VersionFeature>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <StabilizePackageVersion Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == ''">false</StabilizePackageVersion>
     <DotNetFinalVersionKind Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == 'true'">release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
     <!-- Calculate prerelease label -->
-    <PreReleaseVersionLabel Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' != 'true'">rc</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
+    <PreReleaseVersionLabel Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' != 'true'">alpha</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == 'true' and '$(VersionFeature)' == '00'">rtm</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == 'true' and '$(VersionFeature)' != '00'">servicing</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' != 'true'">1</PreReleaseVersionIteration>