diff --git a/scripts/verify-nupkgs.ps1 b/scripts/verify-nupkgs.ps1
index cec70a6459..ccbd8a9f91 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-nupkgs.ps1
+++ b/scripts/verify-nupkgs.ps1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function Verify-Nuget-Packages($packageDirectory, $version)
         "Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" = 16;
         "Microsoft.TestPlatform" = 603;
         "Microsoft.TestPlatform.Build" = 21;
-        "Microsoft.TestPlatform.CLI" = 479;
+        "Microsoft.TestPlatform.CLI" = 477;
         "Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.TrxLogger" = 35;
         "Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel" = 93;
         "Microsoft.TestPlatform.AdapterUtilities" = 34;
diff --git a/src/datacollector/datacollector.csproj b/src/datacollector/datacollector.csproj
index a1fe4b00ee..0afed83eeb 100644
--- a/src/datacollector/datacollector.csproj
+++ b/src/datacollector/datacollector.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true' ">net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PlatformTarget Condition=" $(TargetFramework.StartsWith('net4')) AND '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == '' ">AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <!-- Prevent the creation of the ".exe" for .NET Core. This was the default on .NET Core 2.1, behavior changed for .NET Core 3.1 -->
+    <UseAppHost>false</UseAppHost>
     <RollForward>Major</RollForward>
     <IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/testhost/testhost.csproj b/src/testhost/testhost.csproj
index 48148f8c1f..fcaff4deeb 100644
--- a/src/testhost/testhost.csproj
+++ b/src/testhost/testhost.csproj
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     </ProjectReference>
 
     <!-- CVE-2019-0657, CVE-2019-0980 and CVE-2019-0981 mitigation -->
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="$(SystemUriVersion)" Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="$(SystemUriVersion)" Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.Targets" Version="1.1.4" Condition=" $(TargetFramework.StartsWith('net4')) " />
     <!-- CVE-2019-0657, CVE-2019-0980 and CVE-2019-0981 mitigation -->
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/vstest.console/vstest.console.csproj b/src/vstest.console/vstest.console.csproj
index dc54ef3017..425cd1ca9b 100644
--- a/src/vstest.console/vstest.console.csproj
+++ b/src/vstest.console/vstest.console.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;$(NetFrameworkMinimum);$(NetCoreAppMinimum)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true' ">net7.0;</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <!-- Prevent the creation of the ".exe" for .NET Core. This was the default on .NET Core 2.1, behavior changed for .NET Core 3.1 -->
+    <UseAppHost>false</UseAppHost>
     <RollForward>Major</RollForward>
     <IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>
     <PlatformTarget Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetFrameworkMinimum)' AND '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == '' " >AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>