diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 0fa6c98..43ca0af 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ pipeline {
                      "target_commitish": "3.16",\
                      "name": "'${META_TAG}'",\
                      "body": "**LinuxServer Changes:**\\n\\n'${LS_RELEASE_NOTES}'\\n\\n**OS Changes:**\\n\\n' > start
-              printf '","draft": false,"prerelease": false}' >> releasebody.json
+              printf '","draft": false,"prerelease": true}' >> releasebody.json
               paste -d'\\0' start releasebody.json > releasebody.json.done
               curl -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/${LS_USER}/${LS_REPO}/releases -d @releasebody.json.done'''
       }
diff --git a/jenkins-vars.yml b/jenkins-vars.yml
index 741d06e..1fd7ca7 100644
--- a/jenkins-vars.yml
+++ b/jenkins-vars.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # jenkins variables
 project_name: docker-baseimage-alpine
 external_type: os
-release_type: stable
+release_type: prerelease
 release_tag: "3.16"
 ls_branch: "3.16"
 repo_vars: