diff --git a/packages/client/project.json b/packages/client/project.json
index 34fc07f1f4..7e3c789cd8 100644
--- a/packages/client/project.json
+++ b/packages/client/project.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         },
         "push": true,
         "skipCommitTypes": ["ci", "refactor", "test", "docs"],
-        "releaseAs": "premajor",
+        "releaseAs": "prerelease",
         "preid": "beta",
         "postTargets": [
           "@stream-io/video-client:update-version",
diff --git a/packages/react-bindings/project.json b/packages/react-bindings/project.json
index 0624d4b737..d9e9121741 100644
--- a/packages/react-bindings/project.json
+++ b/packages/react-bindings/project.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "trackDeps": true,
         "push": true,
         "skipCommitTypes": ["ci", "refactor", "test", "docs"],
-        "releaseAs": "premajor",
+        "releaseAs": "prerelease",
         "preid": "beta",
         "postTargets": [
           "@stream-io/video-react-bindings:enrich-changelog",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-sdk/project.json b/packages/react-native-sdk/project.json
index ee2da8c8a7..8b1d009a71 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-sdk/project.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-sdk/project.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "trackDeps": true,
         "push": true,
         "skipCommitTypes": ["ci", "docs"],
-        "releaseAs": "premajor",
+        "releaseAs": "prerelease",
         "preid": "beta",
         "postTargets": [
           "@stream-io/video-react-native-sdk:update-version",
diff --git a/packages/react-sdk/project.json b/packages/react-sdk/project.json
index 03170765b1..30ae333d7a 100644
--- a/packages/react-sdk/project.json
+++ b/packages/react-sdk/project.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "trackDeps": true,
         "push": true,
         "skipCommitTypes": ["ci", "refactor", "test", "docs"],
-        "releaseAs": "premajor",
+        "releaseAs": "prerelease",
         "preid": "beta",
         "postTargets": [
           "@stream-io/video-react-sdk:update-version",
diff --git a/packages/styling/project.json b/packages/styling/project.json
index deebd77a2e..db0445b4f9 100644
--- a/packages/styling/project.json
+++ b/packages/styling/project.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "trackDeps": true,
         "push": true,
         "skipCommitTypes": ["ci", "refactor", "test"],
-        "releaseAs": "premajor",
+        "releaseAs": "prerelease",
         "preid": "beta",
         "postTargets": [
           "@stream-io/video-styling:github",
diff --git a/scripts/release/beta-line-config.test.mts b/scripts/release/beta-line-config.test.mts
index ed631201a7..89c06393d2 100644
--- a/scripts/release/beta-line-config.test.mts
+++ b/scripts/release/beta-line-config.test.mts
@@ -54,15 +54,16 @@ test('every v2 package releases on the beta preid', () => {
   }
 });
 
-// `premajor` is single-use: it establishes 2.0.0-beta.0 from 1.x, but from
-// 2.0.0-beta.0 it yields 3.0.0-beta.0. `prerelease` is the steady state and
-// increments beta.N. Anything else silently leaves the v2 line.
-test('every v2 package uses a supported releaseAs', () => {
+// The bootstrap is done: 2.0.0-beta.0 is published, so `premajor` must no
+// longer appear. From 2.0.0-beta.0 it would yield 3.0.0-beta.0. `prerelease` is
+// the steady state and increments beta.N.
+test('every v2 package uses the steady-state releaseAs', () => {
   for (const pkg of V2_PACKAGES) {
     const releaseAs = readProject(pkg).targets?.version?.options?.releaseAs;
-    assert.ok(
-      releaseAs === 'premajor' || releaseAs === 'prerelease',
-      `packages/${pkg} has releaseAs "${releaseAs}", expected "premajor" (bootstrap) or "prerelease" (steady state)`,
+    assert.equal(
+      releaseAs,
+      'prerelease',
+      `packages/${pkg} has releaseAs "${releaseAs}"; the v2 line is bootstrapped, so it must be "prerelease"`,
     );
   }
 });