diff --git a/.release/ci.hcl b/.release/ci.hcl
index 6639123d5..74118631a 100644
--- a/.release/ci.hcl
+++ b/.release/ci.hcl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ schema = "1"
 project "nomad" {
   team = "nomad"
   slack {
-    notification_channel = "CUYKT2A73"
+    notification_channel = "C03B5EWFW01"
   }
   github {
     organization = "hashicorp"
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 0e77db12a..ec1862bd7 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var (
 	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = ""
+	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
 
 	// VersionMetadata is metadata further describing the build type.
 	VersionMetadata = ""