diff --git a/dir.props b/dir.props
index 391aab426ec3..33083801c132 100644
--- a/dir.props
+++ b/dir.props
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <Version Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.pkgproj' and '$(Version)' == ''">1.1.8</Version>
 
     <!-- Set the boolean below to true to generate packages with stabilized versions -->
-    <StabilizePackageVersion Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == ''">false</StabilizePackageVersion>
+    <StabilizePackageVersion Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == ''">true</StabilizePackageVersion>
     <StableVersion Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.pkgproj' and '$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == 'true' and '$(StableVersion)' == ''">$(Version)</StableVersion>
 
     <!-- On Windows, MSbuild still runs against Desktop FX while it runs on .NET Core on non-Windows. this requires