diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 2bc631a253ac67..0c552f67cb3332 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@
     <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingVersion>3.1.7</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingVersion>
     <MicrosoftSymbolStoreVersion>1.0.406601</MicrosoftSymbolStoreVersion>
     <!-- sdk version, for testing workloads -->
-    <SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>$(MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatTaskVersion)</SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>
+    <!--<SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>$(MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatTaskVersion)</SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>-->
+    <SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>9.0.101</SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>
     <runtimewinx64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeWasmNodeTransportPackageVersion>9.0.0-alpha.1.24175.1</runtimewinx64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeWasmNodeTransportPackageVersion>
     <EmsdkPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETRuntimeEmscriptenVersion)</EmsdkPackageVersion>
     <NodePackageVersion>$(runtimewinx64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeWasmNodeTransportPackageVersion)</NodePackageVersion>
diff --git a/src/mono/wasi/Wasi.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props b/src/mono/wasi/Wasi.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props
index 8da854c6d3fc2f..3b1ab8aa84060b 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasi/Wasi.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/mono/wasi/Wasi.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@
     <RuntimeIdentifier>$(OutputRID)</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
+    <!-- TODO: this is necessary to workaround restoring Mono desktop runtime packs, check whether this project really should be self-contained -->
+    <UseMonoRuntime>false</UseMonoRuntime>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props
index 7bc1738eb86741..ef6e8c386526c2 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Directory.Build.props
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>$(OutputRID)</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+    <!-- TODO: this is necessary to workaround restoring Mono desktop runtime packs, check whether this project really should be self-contained -->
+    <UseMonoRuntime>false</UseMonoRuntime>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>