diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 756026a0..f4db4c76 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "8.0.0-build.{height}",
+  "version": "8.0.0-preview1",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/main$", // we release out of main
     "^refs/heads/dev$", // we release out of dev