diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 6064b456879..d7180a1c1ae 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
-    <OTelLatestStableVer>[1.9.0,2.0)</OTelLatestStableVer>
+    <OTelLatestStableVer>1.9.0</OTelLatestStableVer>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="8.0.0" />
 
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="[$(OTelLatestStableVer),2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" Version="[$(OTelLatestStableVer),2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions" Version="[$(OTelLatestStableVer),2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory" Version="[$(OTelLatestStableVer),2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="[$(OTelLatestStableVer),2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators" Version="[$(OTelLatestStableVer),2.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTracing" Version="[0.12.1,0.13)" />
 
     <!--
diff --git a/build/scripts/post-release.psm1 b/build/scripts/post-release.psm1
index 9438ee65727..ab7092cf4eb 100644
--- a/build/scripts/post-release.psm1
+++ b/build/scripts/post-release.psm1
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function CreateStableVersionUpdatePullRequest {
   $projectsAndDependenciesBefore = GetCoreDependenciesForProjects
 
   (Get-Content Directory.Packages.props) `
-      -replace '<OTelLatestStableVer>.*<\/OTelLatestStableVer>', "<OTelLatestStableVer>[$version,2.0)</OTelLatestStableVer>" |
+      -replace '<OTelLatestStableVer>.*<\/OTelLatestStableVer>', "<OTelLatestStableVer>$version</OTelLatestStableVer>" |
     Set-Content Directory.Packages.props
 
   $projectsAndDependenciesAfter = GetCoreDependenciesForProjects