diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/src/base/new.rs b/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/src/base/new.rs
index 2e0b966a40abb..339d8673fd7de 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/src/base/new.rs
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/src/base/new.rs
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ impl New {
             w,
             r#"[package]
 name = "{name}"
-
-# edition = "2024.alpha" # To use the Move 2024 edition, currently in alpha
+edition = "2024.beta" # edition = "legacy" to use legacy (pre-2024) Move
 # license = ""           # e.g., "MIT", "GPL", "Apache 2.0"
 # authors = ["..."]      # e.g., ["Joe Smith (joesmith@noemail.com)", "John Snow (johnsnow@noemail.com)"]
 
diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/tests/build_tests/simple_new/args.exp b/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/tests/build_tests/simple_new/args.exp
index 6cf0550b4501e..d46c9a32f0833 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/tests/build_tests/simple_new/args.exp
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-cli/tests/build_tests/simple_new/args.exp
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ Command `new P1`:
 External Command `cat P1/Move.toml`:
 [package]
 name = "P1"
-
-# edition = "2024.alpha" # To use the Move 2024 edition, currently in alpha
+edition = "2024.beta" # edition = "legacy" to use legacy (pre-2024) Move
 # license = ""           # e.g., "MIT", "GPL", "Apache 2.0"
 # authors = ["..."]      # e.g., ["Joe Smith (joesmith@noemail.com)", "John Snow (johnsnow@noemail.com)"]
 
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@ Command `new P2 -p other_dir`:
 External Command `cat other_dir/Move.toml`:
 [package]
 name = "P2"
-
-# edition = "2024.alpha" # To use the Move 2024 edition, currently in alpha
+edition = "2024.beta" # edition = "legacy" to use legacy (pre-2024) Move
 # license = ""           # e.g., "MIT", "GPL", "Apache 2.0"
 # authors = ["..."]      # e.g., ["Joe Smith (joesmith@noemail.com)", "John Snow (johnsnow@noemail.com)"]