diff --git a/DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json b/DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json
index e6e0da33faad..d5afbda85f10 100644
--- a/DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json
+++ b/DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
     "channel": "release/5.0.1xx-preview4",
-    "packageVersionPattern": "5.0.0-preview.4"
+    "packageVersionPattern": "5.0.0-preview.4",
+    "nextChannel": "net5/preview4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tools/UpdateDotnetRuntime.ps1 b/tools/UpdateDotnetRuntime.ps1
index eeabfb5efb97..550330471b1c 100644
--- a/tools/UpdateDotnetRuntime.ps1
+++ b/tools/UpdateDotnetRuntime.ps1
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param (
+    [Parameter()]
+    [string]$SDKVersionOverride
 )
 
 <#
@@ -139,7 +141,9 @@ if(-not (Get-PackageSource -Name 'dotnet5' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
 
 ## Install latest version from the channel
 
-Install-Dotnet -Channel "$Channel" -Version 'latest'
+$sdkVersion = if ($SDKVersionOverride) { $SDKVersionOverride } else { "latest" }
+
+Install-Dotnet -Channel "$Channel" -Version $sdkVersion
 
 Write-Verbose -Message "Installing .NET SDK completed." -Verbose