diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 27329a85d6a..b90b531c61d 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration>1</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     <VersionPrefix>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(PatchVersion)</VersionPrefix>
-    <ApiCompatBaselineVersion>9.4.0</ApiCompatBaselineVersion>
+    <ApiCompatBaselineVersion>9.5.0</ApiCompatBaselineVersion>
     <AssemblyVersion>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <!--
         When StabilizePackageVersion is set to 'true', this branch will produce stable outputs for 'Shipping' packages
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.csproj b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.csproj
index 7c8df27ad62..4e472e78473 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.csproj
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Stage>normal</Stage>
-    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
     <MinCodeCoverage>82</MinCodeCoverage>
     <MinMutationScore>85</MinMutationScore>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console.csproj b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console.csproj
index db337a44bf1..67995f0ac60 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console.csproj
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Console.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <Workstream>AIEval</Workstream>
     <Stage>normal</Stage>
     <ForceLatestDotnetVersions>true</ForceLatestDotnetVersions>
-    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
     <MinCodeCoverage>n/a</MinCodeCoverage>
     <MinMutationScore>n/a</MinMutationScore>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality.csproj b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality.csproj
index 41ebb0dd7c1..b539eedef95 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality.csproj
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <Workstream>AIEval</Workstream>
     <Stage>normal</Stage>
     <ForceLatestDotnetVersions>true</ForceLatestDotnetVersions>
-    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
     <!-- The evaluators in this assembly need AI and the tests that cover them are not being run in CI at the moment. -->
     <MinCodeCoverage>n/a</MinCodeCoverage>
     <MinMutationScore>n/a</MinMutationScore>
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure.csproj b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure.csproj
index 36730ffc322..77ed508757c 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure.csproj
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.Azure.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     <Workstream>AIEval</Workstream>
     <Stage>normal</Stage>
     <ForceLatestDotnetVersions>true</ForceLatestDotnetVersions>
-    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
     <MinCodeCoverage>n/a</MinCodeCoverage>
     <MinMutationScore>n/a</MinMutationScore>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting/CSharp/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.csproj b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting/CSharp/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.csproj
index 371153aa17a..8a9ef12f2bd 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting/CSharp/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.csproj
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting/CSharp/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting.csproj
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <Workstream>AIEval</Workstream>
     <Stage>normal</Stage>
     <ForceLatestDotnetVersions>true</ForceLatestDotnetVersions>
-    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
     <MinCodeCoverage>n/a</MinCodeCoverage>
     <MinMutationScore>n/a</MinMutationScore>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.csproj b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.csproj
index cd496877960..9e9c1eeec3d 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.csproj
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <Workstream>AIEval</Workstream>
     <Stage>normal</Stage>
     <ForceLatestDotnetVersions>true</ForceLatestDotnetVersions>
-    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
     <MinCodeCoverage>n/a</MinCodeCoverage>
     <MinMutationScore>n/a</MinMutationScore>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.csproj b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.csproj
index 52d24800c34..6331b3c1149 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.csproj
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Stage>normal</Stage>
-    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
     <MinCodeCoverage>89</MinCodeCoverage>
     <MinMutationScore>85</MinMutationScore>
   </PropertyGroup>