diff --git a/build/config.props b/build/config.props
index ae3f6228a21..4bbe278f23a 100644
--- a/build/config.props
+++ b/build/config.props
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <!-- ** Change for each new preview/rc -->
     <!-- Check the VS schedule and manually enter a preview number here that makes sense. -->
     <!-- Preview 3 is typically the last "main branch" preview, so we start using rc at this time -->
-    <ReleaseLabel Condition=" '$(ReleaseLabel)' == '' ">preview.1</ReleaseLabel>
+    <ReleaseLabel Condition=" '$(ReleaseLabel)' == '' ">rc</ReleaseLabel>
 
     <IsEscrowMode>false</IsEscrowMode>