diff --git a/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/WinUI.targets b/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/WinUI.targets
index e6a9d3e59b13..d82a5b31dbd7 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/WinUI.targets
+++ b/src/Core/src/nuget/buildTransitive/WinUI.targets
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 <!-- Workarounds for WinUI -->
 <Project>
 
-  <!--
-    NOTE: workaround https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/6461
-    We should also follow Android, iOS, etc. workloads.
-  -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version Condition=" '$(ApplicationDisplayVersion)' != '' ">$(ApplicationDisplayVersion)</Version>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Target Name="_AddMauiPriFiles" AfterTargets="ResolveAssemblyReferences">
     <ItemGroup>
       <_ReferenceRelatedPaths
diff --git a/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.Before.targets b/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.Before.targets
index 9c41f276d316..7f68a95e8c37 100644
--- a/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.Before.targets
+++ b/src/Workload/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk/Sdk/Microsoft.Maui.Sdk.Before.targets
@@ -19,4 +19,13 @@
     <_MauiUsingDefaultRuntimeIdentifier>true</_MauiUsingDefaultRuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!--
+    Workaround for https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/6461
+    By default, Android and iOS set the Version property, so we need to do the same for Windows.
+    This also has to be done outside of the NuGets as this affects the NuGet restore.
+  -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier($(TargetFramework)))' == 'windows' and '$(OutputType)' == 'WinExe' ">
+    <Version Condition=" $([System.Version]::TryParse ('$(ApplicationDisplayVersion)', $([System.Version]::Parse('1.0')))) ">$(ApplicationDisplayVersion)</Version>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
 </Project>