diff --git a/app-config-cli/package.json b/app-config-cli/package.json
index 2dc2dc9a..e51bbd3e 100644
--- a/app-config-cli/package.json
+++ b/app-config-cli/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/cli",
   "description": "CLI for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/config": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/generate": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/config": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/generate": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "ajv": "7",
     "clipboardy": "2",
     "common-tags": "1",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "yargs": "16"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/common-tags": "1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "9"
   },
diff --git a/app-config-config/package.json b/app-config-config/package.json
index 584bc1da..da740b4a 100644
--- a/app-config-config/package.json
+++ b/app-config-config/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/config",
   "description": "The config in @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/default-extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/meta": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/default-extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/meta": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-core/package.json b/app-config-core/package.json
index 3b517e1c..e89c4a88 100644
--- a/app-config-core/package.json
+++ b/app-config-core/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/core",
   "description": "Core logic for App Config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@iarna/toml": "3",
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
     "json5": "2",
     "lodash.merge": "^4.6.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/js-yaml": "3",
     "@types/lodash.merge": "4"
   },
diff --git a/app-config-cypress/package.json b/app-config-cypress/package.json
index 19fab046..d67f5f3f 100644
--- a/app-config-cypress/package.json
+++ b/app-config-cypress/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/cypress",
   "description": "Cypress testing plugin for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "cypress": "6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "cypress": "6"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/app-config-default-extensions/package.json b/app-config-default-extensions/package.json
index 7658c91a..6031e5c1 100644
--- a/app-config-default-extensions/package.json
+++ b/app-config-default-extensions/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/default-extensions",
   "description": "Default parsing extensions for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/git": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/git": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@app-config/v1-compat": "^2.1.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
diff --git a/app-config-electron/package.json b/app-config-electron/package.json
index 94152c74..a583ebbc 100644
--- a/app-config-electron/package.json
+++ b/app-config-electron/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/electron",
   "description": "Exposes app-config values to Electron render processes",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
diff --git a/app-config-encryption/package.json b/app-config-encryption/package.json
index 6919a946..f0c4944d 100644
--- a/app-config-encryption/package.json
+++ b/app-config-encryption/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/encryption",
   "description": "Secret value encryption for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/meta": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/settings": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/meta": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/settings": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@lcdev/ws-rpc": "0.4",
     "@types/openpgp": "4",
     "common-tags": "1",
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "ws": "^7.4.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "get-port": "5"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/app-config-esbuild/package.json b/app-config-esbuild/package.json
index 6961b018..181a6c88 100644
--- a/app-config-esbuild/package.json
+++ b/app-config-esbuild/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/esbuild",
   "description": "esbuild module resolution support for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/config": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/config": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "esbuild": "0.13"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/app-config-exec/package.json b/app-config-exec/package.json
index 9580c048..5bf3361c 100644
--- a/app-config-exec/package.json
+++ b/app-config-exec/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/exec",
   "description": "Generate config by running arbitrary programs",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-extension-utils/package.json b/app-config-extension-utils/package.json
index a1a42b50..012cd1ff 100644
--- a/app-config-extension-utils/package.json
+++ b/app-config-extension-utils/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/extension-utils",
   "description": "Utilities for writing @app-config parsing extensions",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@serafin/schema-builder": "0.14"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
diff --git a/app-config-extensions/package.json b/app-config-extensions/package.json
index 8a42a799..f3e2ce3d 100644
--- a/app-config-extensions/package.json
+++ b/app-config-extensions/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/extensions",
   "description": "Common parsing extensions for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "lodash.isequal": "4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/lodash.isequal": "4"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/app-config-generate/package.json b/app-config-generate/package.json
index 0b6d810b..cad247bb 100644
--- a/app-config-generate/package.json
+++ b/app-config-generate/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/generate",
   "description": "Code generation for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/meta": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/meta": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/readable-stream": "2",
     "@types/urijs": "1",
     "common-tags": "1",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "quicktype-core": "6.0.70"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-git/package.json b/app-config-git/package.json
index 54b7e967..2dad4c4b 100644
--- a/app-config-git/package.json
+++ b/app-config-git/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/git",
   "description": "$git directive parsing extension for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "simple-git": "3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-inject/package.json b/app-config-inject/package.json
index 72c42f18..3f557473 100644
--- a/app-config-inject/package.json
+++ b/app-config-inject/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/inject",
   "description": "Runtime injection of app-config into static HTML files",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/config": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/config": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/yargs": "16",
     "node-html-parser": "1",
     "yargs": "16"
diff --git a/app-config-js/package.json b/app-config-js/package.json
index 840b7e3e..7a04bbda 100644
--- a/app-config-js/package.json
+++ b/app-config-js/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/js",
   "description": "Loads a JavaScript module to inject configuration",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-logging/package.json b/app-config-logging/package.json
index ab923070..e04901ec 100644
--- a/app-config-logging/package.json
+++ b/app-config-logging/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/logging",
   "description": "Logging for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/app-config-main/package.json b/app-config-main/package.json
index 0668ec00..b6c0a75b 100644
--- a/app-config-main/package.json
+++ b/app-config-main/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/main",
   "description": "Easy to use configuration loader with schema validation",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -35,21 +35,21 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/cli": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/config": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/default-extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/meta": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/cli": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/config": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/default-extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/meta": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "ajv": "7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-meta/package.json b/app-config-meta/package.json
index 2dfb3a72..f5eefbf7 100644
--- a/app-config-meta/package.json
+++ b/app-config-meta/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/meta",
   "description": "Meta file parsing for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/default-extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/default-extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "fs-extra": "7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-node/package.json b/app-config-node/package.json
index 7984be13..e0bb8e64 100644
--- a/app-config-node/package.json
+++ b/app-config-node/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/node",
   "description": "Node.js API for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/prompts": "2",
     "fs-extra": "9",
     "prompts": "2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "9"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/app-config-react-native/package.json b/app-config-react-native/package.json
index 86b913dd..c9952c70 100644
--- a/app-config-react-native/package.json
+++ b/app-config-react-native/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/react-native",
   "description": "React Native Metro transformer that loads your app-config values into bundles statically",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "semver": "7"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/config": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/config": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "react-native": ">=0.45.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/app-config-rollup/package.json b/app-config-rollup/package.json
index d341b4fa..dfb9dbba 100644
--- a/app-config-rollup/package.json
+++ b/app-config-rollup/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/rollup",
   "description": "Rollup plugin that resolves @app-config for you",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/config": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/config": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/app-config-schema/package.json b/app-config-schema/package.json
index 415594a4..3f88181d 100644
--- a/app-config-schema/package.json
+++ b/app-config-schema/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/schema",
   "description": "Schema validation for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,19 +30,19 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/json-schema": "7",
     "ajv": "7",
     "ajv-formats": "1",
     "json-schema-ref-parser": "9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/encryption": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-settings/package.json b/app-config-settings/package.json
index 4fff8adc..bb546b40 100644
--- a/app-config-settings/package.json
+++ b/app-config-settings/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/settings",
   "description": "User settings for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "env-paths": "2",
     "fs-extra": "7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-test-utils/package.json b/app-config-test-utils/package.json
index 0498c006..7bb90377 100644
--- a/app-config-test-utils/package.json
+++ b/app-config-test-utils/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/test-utils",
   "description": "Internal test utilities",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "9",
     "@types/tmp": "0.2",
     "fs-extra": "9",
diff --git a/app-config-utils/package.json b/app-config-utils/package.json
index 11a817d0..813dd4b9 100644
--- a/app-config-utils/package.json
+++ b/app-config-utils/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/utils",
   "description": "Common utilities used in @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
diff --git a/app-config-v1-compat/package.json b/app-config-v1-compat/package.json
index ad66614e..f418d83f 100644
--- a/app-config-v1-compat/package.json
+++ b/app-config-v1-compat/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/v1-compat",
   "description": "Version 1 compatibility layer for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/core": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/node": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/core": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/node": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "fs-extra": "7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/extensions": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/test-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-vault/package.json b/app-config-vault/package.json
index 026e0bf0..f1502153 100644
--- a/app-config-vault/package.json
+++ b/app-config-vault/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/vault",
   "description": "Hashicorp Vault support for App Config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/extension-utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@lcdev/fetch": "^0.1.10",
     "cross-fetch": "3",
     "node-vault": "0.9"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
   "jest": {
diff --git a/app-config-vite/package.json b/app-config-vite/package.json
index 9201cab2..878be5bf 100644
--- a/app-config-vite/package.json
+++ b/app-config-vite/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/vite",
   "description": "Vite plugin for @app-config",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/rollup": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/rollup": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "vite": "2"
diff --git a/app-config-webpack/package.json b/app-config-webpack/package.json
index 106a340f..e6f9fcb9 100644
--- a/app-config-webpack/package.json
+++ b/app-config-webpack/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-config/webpack",
   "description": "Webpack plugin that loads your app-config values into bundles statically",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/config": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/schema": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/utils": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/logging": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/config": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/logging": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/schema": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/utils": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "loader-utils": "2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "4 || 5",
     "webpack": "4 || 5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7",
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
     "@types/loader-utils": "1",
     "@webpack-cli/serve": "1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "5",
diff --git a/lcdev-app-config-inject/package.json b/lcdev-app-config-inject/package.json
index 722fe8ad..a050ef19 100644
--- a/lcdev-app-config-inject/package.json
+++ b/lcdev-app-config-inject/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@lcdev/app-config-inject",
   "description": "Alias for @app-config/inject",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/inject": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/inject": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/lcdev-app-config-webpack-plugin/package.json b/lcdev-app-config-webpack-plugin/package.json
index 39927e51..f128a8e0 100644
--- a/lcdev-app-config-webpack-plugin/package.json
+++ b/lcdev-app-config-webpack-plugin/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@lcdev/app-config-webpack-plugin",
   "description": "Alias for @app-config/webpack",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/webpack": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/webpack": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/lcdev-app-config/package.json b/lcdev-app-config/package.json
index 0c90428d..c583056f 100644
--- a/lcdev-app-config/package.json
+++ b/lcdev-app-config/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@lcdev/app-config",
   "description": "Alias for @app-config/main",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/cli": "^2.8.7",
-    "@app-config/main": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/cli": "^2.9.0-beta.1",
+    "@app-config/main": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",
diff --git a/lcdev-react-native-app-config-transformer/package.json b/lcdev-react-native-app-config-transformer/package.json
index 8f6b9007..0d0680eb 100644
--- a/lcdev-react-native-app-config-transformer/package.json
+++ b/lcdev-react-native-app-config-transformer/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@lcdev/react-native-app-config-transformer",
   "description": "Alias for @app-config/react-native",
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Launchcode",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn clean && yarn build && yarn build:es"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@app-config/react-native": "^2.8.7"
+    "@app-config/react-native": "^2.9.0-beta.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "prettier": "@lcdev/prettier",