diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 10abf958b..2410bb677 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
     <UsingToolNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies>true</UsingToolNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionMajor>7</VersionMajor>
+    <VersionMajor>8</VersionMajor>
     <VersionMinor>0</VersionMinor>
     <VersionSDKMinor>1</VersionSDKMinor>
     <VersionFeature>00</VersionFeature>
     <VersionPrefix>$(VersionMajor).$(VersionMinor).$(VersionSDKMinor)$(VersionFeature)</VersionPrefix>
-    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>rc</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
+    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>alpha</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration>1</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     <MajorMinorVersion>$(VersionMajor).$(VersionMinor)</MajorMinorVersion>
     <CliProductBandVersion>$(MajorMinorVersion).$(VersionSDKMinor)</CliProductBandVersion>