diff --git a/.github/workflows/master_release.yml b/.github/workflows/master_release.yml
index fb4d65caae..ff37ac0f75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master_release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ env:
   GITHUB_ACTIONS_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT: 60
   BASE_BUILD_NUMBER: 10000
     # Release version has to start with real version (23.2.0-....) for the docker image to build successfully.
-  RELEASE_VERSION: 23.4.0-A8
+  RELEASE_VERSION: 23.4.0-M1
   DEVELOPMENT_VERSION: 23.4.0-A9-SNAPSHOT
 
 jobs: