diff --git a/VERSIONS.txt b/VERSIONS.txt
index 2aa2b3d9b98..5db67874348 100644
--- a/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Uno.UI                                          release     4.0.8
 Uno.WinUI                                       release     4.0.13
 Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK                         release     1.0.3
 Microsoft.Maui.Graphics                         release     6.0.300-rc.2.1310
-Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref                   release     10.0.18362.22
+Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref                   release     10.0.19041.24
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web             release     6.0.0
 
 # additional references used by the tooling
diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Build.targets b/source/SkiaSharp.Build.targets
index c7039a4aa87..4b4151d6c43 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Build.targets
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Build.targets
@@ -261,4 +261,9 @@ internal partial class VersionConstants {
 
   <Import Project="SkiaSharp.Build.WinUI.NetCore.targets" Condition=" '$(EnablePriGenTooling)' != 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformIdentifier)' == 'windows' and '$(EnablePreviewMsixTooling)' == 'true' and '$(UseMaui)' != 'true' and '$(UseMauiCore)' != 'true' " />
 
+  <!-- Make sure we always build with a lower version of WinRT.Runtime.dll -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <FrameworkReference Update="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref" RuntimeFrameworkVersion="10.0.19041.24" TargetingPackVersion="10.0.19041.24" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>