diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index b4422a95c4..026b488f23 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</PackageVersion>
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
-    <!-- Even though we build from 'dev', this is set to 'master' to align with the dotnet-CLI channel name for their 'dev' branch. -->
-    <SharedFxCliBlobChannel>master</SharedFxCliBlobChannel>
+    <SharedFxCliBlobChannel>release/2.1</SharedFxCliBlobChannel>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>