From b8f1514f3989f21d543c8a7bc5a416a279c785e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Mock <joshua.mock@elastic.co>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 10:32:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Bump version to 9.0.0-alpha.1

---
 package.json | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be1048c4d..cb7e385f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@elastic/elasticsearch",
-  "version": "8.16.0",
-  "versionCanary": "8.16.0-canary.0",
+  "version": "9.0.0-alpha.1",
+  "versionCanary": "9.0.0-canary.0",
   "description": "The official Elasticsearch client for Node.js",
   "main": "./index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",

From 033363e3f8ee2b34b4df56b21499875ca999e58d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Mock <joshua.mock@elastic.co>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 10:36:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update npm publish workflow for 9.0.0 alpha

---
 .github/workflows/npm-publish.yml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 68bb353d7..cd8c2caf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm install -g npm
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm test
-      - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+      - run: npm publish --provenance --access public --tag alpha
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - run: |
+      - name: Publish version on GitHub
+        run: |
           version=$(jq -r .version package.json)
           gh release create \
-            -n "[Changelog](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/$BRANCH_NAME/changelog-client.html)" \
+            -n "This is a 9.0.0 pre-release alpha. Changes may not be stable." \
             --target "$BRANCH_NAME" \
             -t "v$version" \
             "v$version"