diff --git a/build/repo.props b/build/repo.props
index 4913e566c1..c3e3c1c227 100644
--- a/build/repo.props
+++ b/build/repo.props
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- These properties are use by the automation that updates dependencies.props -->
     <LineupPackageId>Internal.AspNetCore.Universe.Lineup</LineupPackageId>
+    <LineupPackageVersion>2.1.0-rc1-*</LineupPackageVersion>
     <LineupPackageRestoreSource>https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-dev/api/v3/index.json</LineupPackageRestoreSource>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/korebuild.json b/korebuild.json
index 4893e52bc4..663f878233 100644
--- a/korebuild.json
+++ b/korebuild.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/BuildTools/dev/tools/korebuild.schema.json",
-    "channel": "dev",
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/BuildTools/release/2.1/tools/korebuild.schema.json",
+    "channel": "release/2.1",
     "toolsets": {
       "visualstudio": {
         "required": ["Windows"],
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index 15ee0fc807..3fd63a07ae 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>2.1.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <VersionSuffix>preview3</VersionSuffix>
+    <VersionSuffix>rc1</VersionSuffix>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</PackageVersion>
     <BuildNumber Condition="'$(BuildNumber)' == ''">t000</BuildNumber>