diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 37b9b3174..84bf8f2cd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "packages/core": "3.0.0-alpha.1",
+  "packages/core": "3.0.0-alpha.2",
   "packages/tokens": "2.0.0"
 }