diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0a0b8a9fc106b..b1c267ed5526fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1495,8 +1495,8 @@ cpplint: lint-cpp
 # Try with '--system' if it fails without; the system may have set '--user'
 lint-py-build:
 	$(info Pip installing ruff on $(shell $(PYTHON) --version)...)
-	$(PYTHON) -m pip install --upgrade --target tools/pip/site-packages ruff || \
-		$(PYTHON) -m pip install --upgrade --system --target tools/pip/site-packages ruff
+	$(PYTHON) -m pip install --upgrade --target tools/pip/site-packages ruff==0.0.272 || \
+		$(PYTHON) -m pip install --upgrade --system --target tools/pip/site-packages ruff==0.0.272
 
 .PHONY: lint-py
 ifneq ("","$(wildcard tools/pip/site-packages/ruff)")
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 20e985d6341c77..d477f632fd6cf9 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)