diff --git a/conf/machine/include/middleware.inc b/conf/machine/include/middleware.inc
index e51b11f..f5e886c 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/middleware.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/middleware.inc
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ RDK_MW_ARCH ??= "${MACHINE}"
 MIDDLEWARE_ARCH = "${RDK_MW_ARCH}-middleware"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS:append = " ${MIDDLEWARE_ARCH}"
 
-RELEASE_NUM = "8.7.1.0"
+RELEASE_NUM = "RDKEVD-8726-r1"
 
-MW_IPK_PATH ?= "middleware-rel/${RELEASE_NUM}"
+MW_IPK_PATH ?= "middleware-dbg/${RELEASE_NUM}"
 MW_IPK_SERVER_PATH ?= "${RDK_ARTIFACTS_BASE_URL}/${MW_IPK_PATH}/${RDK_MW_ARCH}/ipks/${BUILD_VARIANT}"
 
 IPK_FEED_URIS += " \