diff --git a/build/repo.props b/build/repo.props
index 1be3632130..129e1465c8 100644
--- a/build/repo.props
+++ b/build/repo.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project>
+<Project>
   <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   <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 4d59ad132a..196a3ca537 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": [
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index ce0b3d1a83..c64accb2d6 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>2.1.0</VersionPrefix>
     <VsixVersion>15.6</VsixVersion>
-    <VersionSuffix>preview3</VersionSuffix>
+    <VersionSuffix>rc1</VersionSuffix>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</PackageVersion>
     <VsixVersion Condition="'$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VsixVersion).$(BuildNumber)</VsixVersion>