diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/GeneratedContent.targets b/src/ProjectTemplates/GeneratedContent.targets
index dfe93dbc5a8..c738ee0b547 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/GeneratedContent.targets
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/GeneratedContent.targets
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <TemplatePackageVersion_AzureIdentity>1.14.0</TemplatePackageVersion_AzureIdentity>
       <TemplatePackageVersion_AzureSearchDocuments>11.6.0</TemplatePackageVersion_AzureSearchDocuments>
       <TemplatePackageVersion_CommunityToolkitAspire>9.4.1-beta.291</TemplatePackageVersion_CommunityToolkitAspire>
-      <TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensionsHosting>10.0.0-preview.5.25277.114</TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensionsHosting>
+      <TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensionsHosting>10.0.0-preview.6.25358.103</TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensionsHosting>
       <TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensionsServiceDiscovery>9.3.0</TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensionsServiceDiscovery>
       <TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftSemanticKernel>1.53.0</TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftSemanticKernel>
       <TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftSemanticKernel_Preview>1.53.0-preview</TemplatePackageVersion_MicrosoftSemanticKernel_Preview>
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/McpServer-CSharp.csproj.in b/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/McpServer-CSharp.csproj.in
index d47952229d9..2eca37df228 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/McpServer-CSharp.csproj.in
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/McpServer-CSharp.csproj.in
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RollForward>Major</RollForward>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/mcpserver.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/mcpserver.csproj
index e959c64702f..468230d16e4 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/mcpserver.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/mcpserver.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RollForward>Major</RollForward>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>