diff --git a/core/version_defaults.mk b/core/version_defaults.mk
index d6bad21..ef00238 100644
--- a/core/version_defaults.mk
+++ b/core/version_defaults.mk
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
   include $(INTERNAL_BUILD_ID_MAKEFILE)
 endif
 
-DEFAULT_PLATFORM_VERSION := PPR1
-MIN_PLATFORM_VERSION := PPR1
-MAX_PLATFORM_VERSION := PPR1
+DEFAULT_PLATFORM_VERSION := QPR1
+MIN_PLATFORM_VERSION := QPR1
+MAX_PLATFORM_VERSION := QPR1
 
 ALLOWED_VERSIONS := $(call allowed-platform-versions,\
   $(MIN_PLATFORM_VERSION),\
@@ -75,11 +75,20 @@
 # please add that PLATFORM_VERSION as well as clean up obsolete PLATFORM_VERSION's
 # in the following text file:
 # cts/tests/tests/os/assets/platform_versions.txt
+
+# Note that there should be one PLATFORM_VERSION and PLATFORM_VERSION_CODENAME
+# entry for each unreleased API level, regardless of
+# MIN_PLATFORM_VERSION/MAX_PLATFORM_VERSION. PLATFORM_VERSION is used to
+# generate the range of allowed SDK versions, so it must have an entry for every
+# unreleased API level targetable by this branch, not just those that are valid
+# lunch targets for this branch.
 PLATFORM_VERSION.PPR1 := P
+PLATFORM_VERSION.QPR1 := Q
 
 # These are the current development codenames, if the build is not a final
 # release build.  If this is a final release build, it is simply "REL".
 PLATFORM_VERSION_CODENAME.PPR1 := P
+PLATFORM_VERSION_CODENAME.QPR1 := Q
 
 ifndef PLATFORM_VERSION
   PLATFORM_VERSION := $(PLATFORM_VERSION.$(TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION))