diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages.bat b/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
index 1d40ef9eb2d..9f544ff085d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@
 
 @rem Current package versions
 set VERSION=1.0.0-pre2
-set PROTOBUF_VERSION=3.0.0-beta3
-
-@rem Packages that depend on prerelease packages (like Google.Protobuf) need to have prerelease suffix as well.
-set VERSION_WITH_BETA=%VERSION%-beta
+set PROTOBUF_VERSION=3.0.0
 
 @rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
 set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ xcopy /Y /I ..\..\architecture=x64,language=protoc,platform=macos\artifacts\* pr
 
 @rem Fetch all dependencies
 %NUGET% restore ..\..\vsprojects\grpc_csharp_ext.sln || goto :error
-%NUGET% restore Grpc.sln || goto :error
 
 setlocal
 
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ endlocal
 
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.Auth\Grpc.Auth.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.Core\Grpc.Core.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
-%NUGET% pack Grpc.HealthCheck\Grpc.HealthCheck.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION_WITH_BETA% -Properties ProtobufVersion=%PROTOBUF_VERSION% || goto :error
+%NUGET% pack Grpc.HealthCheck\Grpc.HealthCheck.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% -Properties ProtobufVersion=%PROTOBUF_VERSION% || goto :error
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
 
diff --git a/templates/src/csharp/build_packages.bat.template b/templates/src/csharp/build_packages.bat.template
index ea2acb661ee..5cbd8e3746d 100644
--- a/templates/src/csharp/build_packages.bat.template
+++ b/templates/src/csharp/build_packages.bat.template
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@
   
   @rem Current package versions
   set VERSION=${settings.csharp_version}
-  set PROTOBUF_VERSION=3.0.0-beta3
-  
-  @rem Packages that depend on prerelease packages (like Google.Protobuf) need to have prerelease suffix as well.
-  set VERSION_WITH_BETA=%VERSION%-beta
+  set PROTOBUF_VERSION=3.0.0
   
   @rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
   set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
@@ -60,7 +57,6 @@
   
   @rem Fetch all dependencies
   %%NUGET% restore ..\..\vsprojects\grpc_csharp_ext.sln || goto :error
-  %%NUGET% restore Grpc.sln || goto :error
   
   setlocal
   
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@
   
   %%NUGET% pack Grpc.Auth\Grpc.Auth.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
   %%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core\Grpc.Core.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
-  %%NUGET% pack Grpc.HealthCheck\Grpc.HealthCheck.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION_WITH_BETA% -Properties ProtobufVersion=%PROTOBUF_VERSION% || goto :error
+  %%NUGET% pack Grpc.HealthCheck\Grpc.HealthCheck.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% -Properties ProtobufVersion=%PROTOBUF_VERSION% || goto :error
   %%NUGET% pack Grpc.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
   %%NUGET% pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
   
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/package_targets.py b/tools/run_tests/package_targets.py
index 39a11a243d6..5cafa6c296e 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/package_targets.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/package_targets.py
@@ -81,7 +81,14 @@ class CSharpPackage:
       self.labels += ['windows']
 
   def pre_build_jobspecs(self):
-    return []
+    if self.platform == 'windows':
+      return [create_jobspec('prebuild_%s' % self.name,
+                             ['tools\\run_tests\\pre_build_csharp.bat'],
+                             shell=True,
+                             flake_retries=5,
+                             timeout_retries=2)]
+    else:
+      return []
 
   def build_jobspec(self):
     if self.use_coreclr: