diff --git a/Version.props b/Version.props
index 4c38f65a..742d7309 100644
--- a/Version.props
+++ b/Version.props
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
             correctly.
         -->
 		<VersionPrefix>9.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-		<PreReleaseVersionLabel>alpha</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
-		<PreReleaseVersionIteration>2</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
+		<PreReleaseVersionLabel>beta</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
+		<PreReleaseVersionIteration>1</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
 
 		<!--
             The following properties will automatically be set by CI builds when appropriate: