diff --git a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
index 1f6fdb2a55ff..83129e7f6204 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
 
     # Write out the VERSION to PySpark version info we rewrite the - into a . and SNAPSHOT
     # to dev0 to be closer to PEP440.
-    PYSPARK_VERSION=`echo "$SPARK_VERSION" |  sed -r "s/-/./" | sed -r "s/SNAPSHOT/dev0/"`
+    PYSPARK_VERSION=`echo "$SPARK_VERSION" |  sed -e "s/-/./" -e "s/SNAPSHOT/dev0/" -e "s/preview/dev0/"`
     echo "__version__='$PYSPARK_VERSION'" > python/pyspark/version.py
 
     # Get maven home set by MVN