diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 9fb2dae920b..820ab4b4ef2 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksInstallersVersion>9.0.0-beta.25164.2</MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksInstallersVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksWorkloadsVersion>9.0.0-beta.25164.2</MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksWorkloadsVersion>
     <!-- dotnet/extensions -->
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsAIVersion>9.4.0-preview.1.25201.1</MicrosoftExtensionsAIVersion>
+    <MicrosoftExtensionsAIVersion>9.4.0-preview.1.25202.3</MicrosoftExtensionsAIVersion>
     <!-- when updating this, also update cgmanifest.json as it is consumed in templates -->
     <MicrosoftExtensionsHttpResilienceVersion>9.3.0</MicrosoftExtensionsHttpResilienceVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticsTestingVersion>9.3.0</MicrosoftExtensionsDiagnosticsTestingVersion>
diff --git a/playground/OpenAIEndToEnd/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory.csproj b/playground/OpenAIEndToEnd/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory.csproj
index e9ab77317ff..ede52a85213 100644
--- a/playground/OpenAIEndToEnd/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory.csproj
+++ b/playground/OpenAIEndToEnd/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory/OpenAIEndToEnd.WebStory.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Playground.ServiceDefaults\Playground.ServiceDefaults.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)\src\Components\Aspire.OpenAI\MEAIPackageOverrides.targets" />
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.csproj b/src/Components/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.csproj
index eb6984c1f0d..45173a72455 100644
--- a/src/Components/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.csproj
@@ -30,6 +30,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Aspire.OpenAI\Aspire.OpenAI.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="..\Aspire.OpenAI\MEAIPackageOverrides.targets" />
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj b/src/Components/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
index e3e404d2eaf..e7740e1af77 100644
--- a/src/Components/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AspNetCore.HealthChecks.SqlServer" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" />
diff --git a/src/Components/Aspire.OpenAI/Aspire.OpenAI.csproj b/src/Components/Aspire.OpenAI/Aspire.OpenAI.csproj
index c7ce004d418..80805ec79d3 100644
--- a/src/Components/Aspire.OpenAI/Aspire.OpenAI.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/Aspire.OpenAI/Aspire.OpenAI.csproj
@@ -21,6 +21,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="MEAIPackageOverrides.targets" />
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/Aspire.OpenAI/MEAIPackageOverrides.targets b/src/Components/Aspire.OpenAI/MEAIPackageOverrides.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 038ac594e4c..00000000000
--- a/src/Components/Aspire.OpenAI/MEAIPackageOverrides.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!--
-      Microsoft.Extensions.AI depends on 9.x packages, even on net8.0, so we have to override central package management
-      to avoid "package downgrade" build errors. This is only used when referencing Aspire.OpenAI and doesn't break
-      compatibility with net8.0.
-    -->
-    <PackageVersion Update="Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsPrimitivesVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Update="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Update="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionAbstractionsVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Update="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests.csproj b/tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests.csproj
index 2d919f20164..e772334625f 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI.Tests.csproj
@@ -17,6 +17,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Aspire.Components.Common.Tests\Aspire.Components.Common.Tests.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="..\..\src\Components\Aspire.OpenAI\MEAIPackageOverrides.targets" />
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.csproj b/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.csproj
index b3c44e2d25c..e384c9a3f30 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests/Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Components\Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\Aspire.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Aspire.Components.Common.Tests\Aspire.Components.Common.Tests.csproj" />
     <PackageReference Include="Testcontainers.MsSql" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests.csproj b/tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests.csproj
index 90014430aa3..aa1e5e7f7c4 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests/Aspire.OpenAI.Tests.csproj
@@ -17,6 +17,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Aspire.Components.Common.Tests\Aspire.Components.Common.Tests.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="..\..\src\Components\Aspire.OpenAI\MEAIPackageOverrides.targets" />
-
 </Project>