diff --git a/idea-plugin/gradle.properties b/idea-plugin/gradle.properties
index 4e028d58d5..69e3fa0179 100644
--- a/idea-plugin/gradle.properties
+++ b/idea-plugin/gradle.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency = false
 
 deploy.version=0.1-SNAPSHOT
 
-plugin.channels=alpha
+plugin.channels=snapshots
 plugin.since.build=203
 plugin.until.build=212.*
 ## See https://jb.gg/intellij-platform-builds-list for available build versions.