From 3972042b7ce53b08f67f35f9be645b3507e9613a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Hofer <viktor.hofer@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:23:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [vs18.3] Set DotNetFinalVersionKind to release (#13066)

---
 eng/Versions.props | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 5ab5660455d..bb41cb10d7d 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>18.3.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
+    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>release</PreReleaseVersionLabel> <!-- Keep next to VersionPrefix to create a conflict in forward-flow -->
     <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>18.0.2</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <AssemblyVersion>15.1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>