diff --git a/scripts/constants.py b/scripts/constants.py
index f1a11e9647..f4526a45dc 100644
--- a/scripts/constants.py
+++ b/scripts/constants.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 KUBERNETES_BRANCH = "release-1.20"
 
 # client version for packaging and releasing.
-CLIENT_VERSION = "20.0.0-snapshot"
+CLIENT_VERSION = "20.11.0a1"
 
 # Name of the release package
 PACKAGE_NAME = "kubernetes"