diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index c2e4cef..1a830aa 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <EnableSourceLink Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' AND '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core' ">false</EnableSourceLink>
     <EnableSourceControlManagerQueries>$(EnableSourceLink)</EnableSourceControlManagerQueries>
 
-    <Version Condition=" '$(Version)' == '' ">0.4.0$(VersionSuffix)</Version>
+    <Version Condition=" '$(Version)' == '' ">0.4.0-alpha2$(VersionSuffix)</Version>
 
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);FS2003</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>