diff --git a/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/AddCommand.cs b/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/AddCommand.cs
index b530c14b279..9fb1bac6910 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/AddCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/AddCommand.cs
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ public AddCommand(IDotNetCliRunner runner, INuGetPackageCache nuGetPackageCache,
         versionOption.Description = "The version of the integration to add.";
         Options.Add(versionOption);
 
-        var prereleaseOption = new Option<bool>("--prerelease");
-        prereleaseOption.Description = "Include pre-release versions of the integration when searching.";
-        Options.Add(prereleaseOption);
-
         var sourceOption = new Option<string?>("--source", "-s");
         sourceOption.Description = "The NuGet source to use for the integration.";
         Options.Add(sourceOption);
@@ -79,13 +75,15 @@ protected override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(ParseResult parseResult, Cancell
                 return ExitCodeConstants.FailedToFindProject;
             }
 
-            var prerelease = parseResult.GetValue<bool>("--prerelease");
-
             var source = parseResult.GetValue<string?>("--source");
 
             var packages = await _interactionService.ShowStatusAsync(
                 "Searching for Aspire packages...",
-                () => _nuGetPackageCache.GetIntegrationPackagesAsync(effectiveAppHostProjectFile.Directory!, prerelease, source, cancellationToken)
+                () => _nuGetPackageCache.GetIntegrationPackagesAsync(
+                    workingDirectory: effectiveAppHostProjectFile.Directory!, 
+                    prerelease: true, 
+                    source: source, 
+                    cancellationToken: cancellationToken)
                 );
 
             var version = parseResult.GetValue<string?>("--version");
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/NewCommand.cs b/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/NewCommand.cs
index ea4978b0e58..d7bb0dc8760 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/NewCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/NewCommand.cs
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ public NewCommand(IDotNetCliRunner runner, INuGetPackageCache nuGetPackageCache,
         var templateVersionOption = new Option<string?>("--version", "-v");
         templateVersionOption.Description = "The version of the project templates to use.";
         Options.Add(templateVersionOption);
-
-        var prereleaseOption = new Option<bool>("--prerelease");
-        prereleaseOption.Description = "Include prerelease versions when searching for project templates.";
-        Options.Add(prereleaseOption);
     }
 
     private async Task<(string TemplateName, string TemplateDescription, Func<string, string> PathDeriver)> GetProjectTemplateAsync(ParseResult parseResult, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -141,9 +137,8 @@ protected override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(ParseResult parseResult, Cancell
             var template = await GetProjectTemplateAsync(parseResult, cancellationToken);
             var name = await GetProjectNameAsync(parseResult, cancellationToken);
             var outputPath = await GetOutputPathAsync(parseResult, template.PathDeriver, name, cancellationToken);
-            var prerelease = parseResult.GetValue<bool>("--prerelease");
             var source = parseResult.GetValue<string?>("--source");
-            var version = await GetProjectTemplatesVersionAsync(parseResult, prerelease, source, cancellationToken);
+            var version = await GetProjectTemplatesVersionAsync(parseResult, prerelease: true, source: source, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
 
             var templateInstallCollector = new OutputCollector();
             var templateInstallResult = await _interactionService.ShowStatusAsync<(int ExitCode, string? TemplateVersion)>(
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Cli/DotNetCliRunner.cs b/src/Aspire.Cli/DotNetCliRunner.cs
index 6f7788dca4e..179289d0db4 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Cli/DotNetCliRunner.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Cli/DotNetCliRunner.cs
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ public async Task<int> AddPackageAsync(FileInfo projectFilePath, string packageN
     public async Task<(int ExitCode, NuGetPackage[]? Packages)> SearchPackagesAsync(DirectoryInfo workingDirectory, string query, bool prerelease, int take, int skip, string? nugetSource, DotNetCliRunnerInvocationOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         using var activity = _activitySource.StartActivity();
-
         List<string> cliArgs = [
             "package",
             "search",