diff --git a/.github/release/release-main-config.json b/.github/release/release-main-config.json
index 0cff78ac9..57e614a77 100644
--- a/.github/release/release-main-config.json
+++ b/.github/release/release-main-config.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     },
     "include-component-in-tag": false,
     "pull-request-footer": "This PR was generated by [Release-Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please).",
+    "prerelease": true,
     "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
     "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
     "sequential-calls": true,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4d1c41b7..55b925bd4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "zenstack-monorepo",
-    "version": "2.0.0-alpha.1",
+    "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
     "description": "",
     "scripts": {
         "build": "pnpm -r build",
diff --git a/packages/schema/package.json b/packages/schema/package.json
index 09693e0e7..5cbb1b316 100644
--- a/packages/schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/schema/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "publisher": "zenstack",
     "displayName": "ZenStack Language Tools",
     "description": "Build scalable web apps with minimum code by defining authorization and validation rules inside the data schema that closer to the database",
-    "version": "2.0.0-alpha.1",
+    "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
     "author": {
         "name": "ZenStack Team"
     },