diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 7208c2182..9f53abce4 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4
\ No newline at end of file
+2.4pre-rc1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 26a83e64c..a834448ce 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         then ""
         else "pre${builtins.substring 0 8 (self.lastModifiedDate or self.lastModified or "19700101")}_${self.shortRev or "dirty"}";
 
-      officialRelease = false;
+      officialRelease = true;
 
       linux64BitSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
       linuxSystems = linux64BitSystems ++ [ "i686-linux" ];