diff --git a/src/Aspire.Cli/Packaging/NuGetConfigMerger.cs b/src/Aspire.Cli/Packaging/NuGetConfigMerger.cs
index e4fe5e14ce9..f5205dbdaba 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Cli/Packaging/NuGetConfigMerger.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Cli/Packaging/NuGetConfigMerger.cs
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ private static void AddGlobalPackagesFolderConfiguration(XElement configuration)
             // Add globalPackagesFolder configuration
             var globalPackagesFolderAdd = new XElement("add");
             globalPackagesFolderAdd.SetAttributeValue("key", "globalPackagesFolder");
-            globalPackagesFolderAdd.SetAttributeValue("value", ".nuget\\packages");
+            globalPackagesFolderAdd.SetAttributeValue("value", ".nugetpackages");
             config.Add(globalPackagesFolderAdd);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Packaging/PackagingServiceTests.cs b/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Packaging/PackagingServiceTests.cs
index 4868dee794b..12b2fae34be 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Packaging/PackagingServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Packaging/PackagingServiceTests.cs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public async Task NuGetConfigMerger_WhenChannelRequiresGlobalPackagesFolder_Adds
         
         var configContent = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(nugetConfigPath);
         Assert.Contains("globalPackagesFolder", configContent);
-        Assert.Contains(".nuget\\packages", configContent);
+        Assert.Contains(".nugetpackages", configContent);
 
         // Verify the XML structure
         var doc = XDocument.Load(nugetConfigPath);
@@ -231,6 +231,6 @@ public async Task NuGetConfigMerger_WhenChannelRequiresGlobalPackagesFolder_Adds
         var globalPackagesFolderAdd = configSection.Elements("add")
             .FirstOrDefault(add => string.Equals((string?)add.Attribute("key"), "globalPackagesFolder", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
         Assert.NotNull(globalPackagesFolderAdd);
-        Assert.Equal(".nuget\\packages", (string?)globalPackagesFolderAdd.Attribute("value"));
+        Assert.Equal(".nugetpackages", (string?)globalPackagesFolderAdd.Attribute("value"));
     }
 }
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