diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json
index ec5eab2b15c..f5b270270d0 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-10-17/server.schema.json",
   "description": "<your description here>",
   "name": "io.github.<your GitHub username here>/<your repo name>",
   "version": "0.1.0-beta",
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.AotTrue.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.AotTrue.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
index 3c028ad6c40..2eeb28bf620 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.AotTrue.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.AotTrue.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-10-17/server.schema.json",
   "description": "<your description here>",
   "name": "io.github.<your GitHub username here>/<your repo name>",
   "version": "0.1.0-beta",
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
index 3c028ad6c40..2eeb28bf620 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-10-17/server.schema.json",
   "description": "<your description here>",
   "name": "io.github.<your GitHub username here>/<your repo name>",
   "version": "0.1.0-beta",
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.SelfContainedFalse.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.SelfContainedFalse.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
index 3c028ad6c40..2eeb28bf620 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.SelfContainedFalse.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.SelfContainedFalse.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-10-17/server.schema.json",
   "description": "<your description here>",
   "name": "io.github.<your GitHub username here>/<your repo name>",
   "version": "0.1.0-beta",
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.net10.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.net10.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
index 3c028ad6c40..2eeb28bf620 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.net10.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.net10.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-10-17/server.schema.json",
   "description": "<your description here>",
   "name": "io.github.<your GitHub username here>/<your repo name>",
   "version": "0.1.0-beta",