diff --git a/dashboards-observability/opensearch_dashboards.json b/dashboards-observability/opensearch_dashboards.json
index 2b9ffd295..02c45eab4 100644
--- a/dashboards-observability/opensearch_dashboards.json
+++ b/dashboards-observability/opensearch_dashboards.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "id": "observabilityDashboards",
-  "version": "2.0.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0.0-alpha1",
   "opensearchDashboardsVersion": "2.0.0",
   "server": true,
   "ui": true,
diff --git a/dashboards-observability/package.json b/dashboards-observability/package.json
index 413675235..71ad10783 100644
--- a/dashboards-observability/package.json
+++ b/dashboards-observability/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "observability-dashboards",
-  "version": "2.0.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0.0-alpha1",
   "main": "index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {