diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index bb8f1d633fbb01..9bedd07535a17d 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -398,5 +398,9 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client</Uri>
       <Sha>8fef55f5a55a3b4f2c96cd1a9b5ddc51d4b927f8</Sha>
     </Dependency>
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Dotnet.Sdk.Internal" Version="8.0.100-rc.2.23470.7">
+      <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/installer</Uri>
+      <Sha>dbeae1ac71d95355452952059f35960991cb3fd2</Sha>
+    </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 61344b9a916136..abf8964b954d1c 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@
     <GrpcCoreVersion>2.46.3</GrpcCoreVersion>
     <GrpcDotnetClientVersion>2.45.0</GrpcDotnetClientVersion>
     <GrpcToolsVersion>2.45.0</GrpcToolsVersion>
-    <!-- Uncomment to set a fixed version, else the latest is used -->
-    <SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>8.0.100-rc.1.23415.5</SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>
     <CompilerPlatformTestingVersion>1.1.2-beta1.23323.1</CompilerPlatformTestingVersion>
     <!-- Docs -->
     <MicrosoftPrivateIntellisenseVersion>8.0.0-preview-20230918.1</MicrosoftPrivateIntellisenseVersion>
@@ -257,5 +255,8 @@
     <!-- BrowserDebugProxy libs -->
     <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingVersion>3.1.7</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingVersion>
     <MicrosoftSymbolStoreVersion>1.0.406601</MicrosoftSymbolStoreVersion>
+    <!-- installer version, for testing workloads -->
+    <MicrosoftDotnetSdkInternalVersion>8.0.100-rc.2.23470.7</MicrosoftDotnetSdkInternalVersion>
+    <SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>$(MicrosoftDotnetSdkInternalVersion)</SdkVersionForWorkloadTesting>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/README.md b/src/mono/wasm/README.md
index 34c18bc8711468..cdace086f5603e 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/README.md
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/README.md
@@ -350,3 +350,12 @@ npm update --lockfile-version=1
 | Multi-thread      | linux: build only          | none                                 |
 
 * `high resource aot` runs a few specific library tests with AOT, that require more memory to AOT.
+
+
+# Perf pipeline
+
+TBD
+
+## Updates needed
+
+- when the base OS is upgraded, check if the version of node installed in the `eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/run-performance-job.yml` needs an upgrade too.
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/MiscTests3.cs b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/MiscTests3.cs
index 10717b334174b9..b006bf7a93e5c3 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/MiscTests3.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/MiscTests3.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public static class MyDllImports
                 public static extern int cpp_add(int a, int b);
             }}";
 
-        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(_projectDir!, "Pages", "MyDllImport.cs"), myDllImportCs);
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(_projectDir!, "Components", "Pages", "MyDllImport.cs"), myDllImportCs);
 
         AddItemsPropertiesToProject(projectFile, extraItems: @"<NativeFileReference Include=""mylib.cpp"" />");
         BlazorAddRazorButton("cpp_add", """
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public void BugRegression_60479_WithRazorClassLib()
         Assert.Contains(razorClassLibraryFileName, lazyVal.EnumerateObject().Select(jp => jp.Name));
     }
 
-    private void BlazorAddRazorButton(string buttonText, string customCode, string methodName = "test", string razorPage = "Pages/Counter.razor")
+    private void BlazorAddRazorButton(string buttonText, string customCode, string methodName = "test", string razorPage = "Components/Pages/Counter.razor")
     {
         string additionalCode = $$"""
             <p role="{{methodName}}">Output: @outputText</p>
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/WorkloadRequiredTests.cs b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/WorkloadRequiredTests.cs
index cbe3e461ec9cde..7ca663dce5372f 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/WorkloadRequiredTests.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Blazor/WorkloadRequiredTests.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public async Task WorkloadNotRequiredForInvariantGlobalization(string config, bo
         if (invariant)
             AddItemsPropertiesToProject(projectFile, extraProperties: "<InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>");
 
-        string counterPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(projectFile)!, "Pages", "Counter.razor");
+        string counterPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(projectFile)!, "Components", "Pages", "Counter.razor");
         string allText = File.ReadAllText(counterPath);
         string ccText = "currentCount++;";
         if (allText.IndexOf(ccText) < 0)
diff --git a/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/InstallWorkloadFromArtifacts.cs b/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/InstallWorkloadFromArtifacts.cs
index e520057d5b3bdf..224527142fa898 100644
--- a/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/InstallWorkloadFromArtifacts.cs
+++ b/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/InstallWorkloadFromArtifacts.cs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ private bool InstallPacks(InstallWorkloadRequest req, string nugetConfigContents
             (int exitCode, string output) = Utils.TryRunProcess(
                                                     Log,
                                                     Path.Combine(req.TargetPath, "dotnet"),
-                                                    $"workload install --skip-manifest-update --configfile \"{nugetConfigPath}\" --temp-dir \"{_tempDir}/workload-install-temp\" {req.WorkloadId}",
+                                                    $"workload install --skip-manifest-update --skip-sign-check --configfile \"{nugetConfigPath}\" --temp-dir \"{_tempDir}/workload-install-temp\" {req.WorkloadId}",
                                                     workingDir: _tempDir,
                                                     envVars: new Dictionary<string, string> () {
                                                         ["NUGET_PACKAGES"] = _nugetCachePath