diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5df3d7163d26..5ca59bcfc3f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- Carbon kernel version -->
-        <carbon.kernel.version>4.6.1-m7</carbon.kernel.version>
+        <carbon.kernel.version>4.6.1-alpha3</carbon.kernel.version>
         <carbon.kernel.feature.version>4.6.0</carbon.kernel.feature.version>
         <carbon.kernel.package.import.version.range>[4.5.0, 5.0.0)</carbon.kernel.package.import.version.range>
         <carbon.kernel.registry.imp.pkg.version>[1.0.1, 2.0.0)</carbon.kernel.registry.imp.pkg.version>