diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/publish-nightly.yml b/.azure-pipelines/publish-nightly.yml
index 0cc946c17d..e6efeeed97 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/publish-nightly.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/publish-nightly.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ resources:
       ref: main
       endpoint: Monaco
 
+parameters:
+  - name: vscodeRef
+    displayName: The VS Code commit id. When left empty, the main branched is used.
+    type: string
+    default: ''
+  - name: prereleaseVersion
+    displayName: The prerelease version. When left empty, dev-${today} is used.
+    type: string
+    default: ''
+
 extends:
   template: azure-pipelines/npm-package/pipeline.yml@templates
   parameters:
@@ -35,6 +45,9 @@ extends:
             displayName: Install NPM dependencies
 
           - script: yarn ts-node ./scripts/ci/monaco-editor-core-prepare nightly
+            env:
+              VSCODE_REF: ${{ parameters.vscodeRef }}
+              PRERELEASE_VERSION: ${{ parameters.prereleaseVersion }}
             retryCountOnTaskFailure: 5
             displayName: Setup, Build & Test monaco-editor-core
 
@@ -51,6 +64,9 @@ extends:
             displayName: Install NPM dependencies
 
           - script: yarn ts-node ./scripts/ci/monaco-editor-prepare nightly
+            env:
+              VSCODE_REF: ${{ parameters.vscodeRef }}
+              PRERELEASE_VERSION: ${{ parameters.prereleaseVersion }}
             retryCountOnTaskFailure: 5
             displayName: Setup, Build & Test monaco-editor
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci/env.ts b/scripts/ci/env.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..222743fab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/env.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export function getEnv(): {
+	VSCODE_REF: string | undefined;
+	PRERELEASE_VERSION: string | undefined;
+} {
+	return process.env as any;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-core-prepare.ts b/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-core-prepare.ts
index ea70c44b6f..1cae7348c1 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-core-prepare.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-core-prepare.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { mkdir, rm } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 import { PackageJson, group, gitShallowClone, run, writeJsonFile, getNightlyVersion } from '../lib';
+import { getEnv } from './env';
 
 const selfPath = __dirname;
 const rootPath = join(selfPath, '..', '..');
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ async function prepareMonacoEditorCoreReleaseStableOrNightly() {
 		version = monacoEditorPackageJson.version;
 		ref = monacoEditorPackageJson.vscodeRef;
 	} else if (arg === 'nightly') {
-		version = getNightlyVersion(monacoEditorPackageJson.version);
-		ref = 'main';
+		version = getNightlyVersion(monacoEditorPackageJson.version, getEnv().PRERELEASE_VERSION);
+		ref = getEnv().VSCODE_REF || 'main';
 	} else {
 		throw new Error('Invalid argument');
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-prepare.ts b/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-prepare.ts
index 2791ec848e..f7f81f1335 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-prepare.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/monaco-editor-prepare.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 import { PackageJson, getNightlyVersion, group, run, writeJsonFile, gitCommitId } from '../lib';
+import { getEnv } from './env';
 
 const selfPath = __dirname;
 const rootPath = join(selfPath, '..', '..');
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ async function prepareMonacoEditorReleaseStableOrNightly() {
 	if (arg === 'stable') {
 		version = monacoEditorPackageJson.version;
 	} else if (arg === 'nightly') {
-		version = getNightlyVersion(monacoEditorPackageJson.version);
+		version = getNightlyVersion(monacoEditorPackageJson.version, getEnv().PRERELEASE_VERSION);
 	} else {
 		throw new Error('Invalid argument');
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/lib/index.ts b/scripts/lib/index.ts
index 4db4cfe268..a8eca48db3 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/index.ts
+++ b/scripts/lib/index.ts
@@ -73,14 +73,16 @@ export async function writeJsonFile(filePath: string, jsonData: unknown): Promis
 	await writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(jsonData, null, '\t') + '\n');
 }
 
-export function getNightlyVersion(version: string): string {
+export function getNightlyVersion(version: string, prerelease: string | undefined): string {
 	const pieces = version.split('.');
 	const minor = parseInt(pieces[1], 10);
 	const date = new Date();
 	const yyyy = date.getUTCFullYear();
 	const mm = String(date.getUTCMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0');
 	const dd = String(date.getUTCDate()).padStart(2, '0');
-	return `0.${minor + 1}.0-dev.${yyyy}${mm}${dd}`;
+
+	prerelease = prerelease || `dev.${yyyy}${mm}${dd}`;
+	return `0.${minor + 1}.0-${prerelease}`;
 }
 
 export interface PackageJson {