diff --git a/src/Components/blazor/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance.csproj b/src/Components/blazor/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance.csproj
index 156441542c..b59fcb2b3c 100644
--- a/src/Components/blazor/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/blazor/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2EPerformance.csproj
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@
   <!-- Local alternative to <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build" /> -->
   <Import Project="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build\ReferenceFromSource.props" />
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj b/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj
index cf91951b81..07f6ccedb7 100644
--- a/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Client/HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@
   <!-- Local alternative to <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build" /> -->
   <Import Project="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build\ReferenceFromSource.props" />
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj b/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj
index 4c59a6d2c8..4fac23c0f5 100644
--- a/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/blazor/samples/HostedInAspNet.Server/HostedInAspNet.Server.csproj
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\HostedInAspNet.Client\HostedInAspNet.Client.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/blazor/samples/MonoSanityClient/MonoSanityClient.csproj b/src/Components/blazor/samples/MonoSanityClient/MonoSanityClient.csproj
index 72f20a8fc8..f05ca817b0 100644
--- a/src/Components/blazor/samples/MonoSanityClient/MonoSanityClient.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/blazor/samples/MonoSanityClient/MonoSanityClient.csproj
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
   <!-- Local alternative to <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build" /> -->
   <Import Project="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build\ReferenceFromSource.props" />
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/blazor/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj b/src/Components/blazor/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
index 156441542c..b59fcb2b3c 100644
--- a/src/Components/blazor/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/blazor/samples/StandaloneApp/StandaloneApp.csproj
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@
   <!-- Local alternative to <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build" /> -->
   <Import Project="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build\ReferenceFromSource.props" />
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.App/ComponentsApp.App.csproj b/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.App/ComponentsApp.App.csproj
index 84b3dfdfdc..2f23221fdf 100644
--- a/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.App/ComponentsApp.App.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.App/ComponentsApp.App.csproj
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
     <!-- Local alternative to <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build" /> -->
     <Import Project="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build\ReferenceFromSource.props" />
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.Server/ComponentsApp.Server.csproj b/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.Server/ComponentsApp.Server.csproj
index 53bfabb9f3..97ac921fe4 100644
--- a/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.Server/ComponentsApp.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/samples/ComponentsApp.Server/ComponentsApp.Server.csproj
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@
       <ProjectReference Include="..\ComponentsApp.App\ComponentsApp.App.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj b/src/Components/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
index b1fa526fd7..1d6a19d2cf 100644
--- a/src/Components/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/BasicTestApp.csproj
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\blazor\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\TestContentPackage\TestContentPackage.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/test/testapps/TestContentPackage/TestContentPackage.csproj b/src/Components/test/testapps/TestContentPackage/TestContentPackage.csproj
index ad01a49160..7740468e59 100644
--- a/src/Components/test/testapps/TestContentPackage/TestContentPackage.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/test/testapps/TestContentPackage/TestContentPackage.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <!-- .css files will be referenced via <link rel='Stylesheet'> tags -->
     <EmbeddedResource Include="content\**\*.css" LogicalName="blazor:css:%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
-    
+
     <!-- Any other files will be included in the 'dist' output but without any tags referencing them -->
     <EmbeddedResource Include="content\**" Exclude="**\*.js;**\*.css" LogicalName="blazor:file:%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
   <!-- In real content packages, use a <PackageReference> to Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build instead. -->
   <Import Project="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Build\ReferenceFromSource.props" />
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Components/test/testapps/TestServer/TestServer.csproj b/src/Components/test/testapps/TestServer/TestServer.csproj
index a907580e1d..c30ffa69ea 100644
--- a/src/Components/test/testapps/TestServer/TestServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/test/testapps/TestServer/TestServer.csproj
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\BasicTestApp\BasicTestApp.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Allow the build to specify the version of the Razor SDK directly -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>