diff --git a/CNTK.Common.props b/CNTK.Common.props
index c4494a2e83ed..43493e97ca68 100644
--- a/CNTK.Common.props
+++ b/CNTK.Common.props
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <!-- PublicBuild:
          True if build binaries are meant to shared publicly with CNTK community. -->
     <!-- NOTE: Modify both CntkVersion and PublicBuild during MAJOR RELEASE -->
-    <PublicBuild>false</PublicBuild>
+    <PublicBuild>true</PublicBuild>
 
     <PythonWithDeps>false</PythonWithDeps>
     <PythonWithDeps Condition=" '$(PYTHON_WITH_DEPS)' != '' ">$(PYTHON_WITH_DEPS)</PythonWithDeps>
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 097b7550fd63..40ca9ca50465 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ enable_csharp=
 # cntk build version
 # Modify both of the following during major release
 default_build_version="2.6"
-default_build_public="no"
+default_build_public="yes"
 build_version=$default_build_version
 build_public=$default_build_public