diff --git a/pkg/projects/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.pkgproj b/pkg/projects/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.pkgproj
index 24bba4fe3..36d08571a 100644
--- a/pkg/projects/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.pkgproj
+++ b/pkg/projects/Microsoft.NETCore.App/Microsoft.NETCore.App.pkgproj
@@ -41,13 +41,10 @@
       </Dependency>
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <!-- Use NETStandard.Library version suffix for version suffix of Microsoft.NETCore.App -->
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <NETStandardBuildNumber Condition="'%(Dependency.Identity)' == 'NETSTandard.Library'">$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match('%(Dependency.Version)', -.*))</NETStandardBuildNumber>
-      <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(NETStandardBuildNumber)' != ''">$(NETStandardBuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
-      <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(CLIBuildVersion)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(CLIBuildVersion)</VersionSuffix>
+    <!-- For RC2  we need to start with -rc2-3 so that it is higher then the last published -rc2-23931 -->
+    <VersionSuffix>-rc2-3$(CLIBuildVersion)</VersionSuffix>
     </PropertyGroup>
-
   </Target>
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.targets))\dir.targets" />