diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 39d224baf7..c4ea70f1d9 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 	require('grunt-dojo2').initConfig(grunt, {
 		/* any custom configuration goes here */
 	});
+
+	grunt.registerTask('dist', grunt.config.get('distTasks').concat([
+		'postcss:modules',
+		'postcss:variables'
+	]));
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 681c54a4a3..7673c1beed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "test": "grunt test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@dojo/widget-core": "2.0.0-beta.20",
+    "@dojo/widget-core": "2.0.0-alpha.20",
     "@dojo/compose": "2.0.0-beta.21",
     "@dojo/core": "2.0.0-alpha.20",
     "@dojo/has": "2.0.0-alpha.7",