diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index e8100686b6..f4ee39718f 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>3.1.2</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreAppInternalPackageVersion>3.1.2-servicing.20067.4</MicrosoftNETCoreAppInternalPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion>3.1.0</MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefPackageVersion>3.1.0</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefPackageVersion>3.1.2</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>3.1.2</MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>
     <NETStandardLibraryRefPackageVersion>2.1.0</NETStandardLibraryRefPackageVersion>
     <!-- Packages from dotnet/corefx -->
diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.DevServer.csproj b/src/Components/Blazor/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.DevServer.csproj
index be0bd7f87b..eb8d04e634 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.DevServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/Blazor/DevServer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.DevServer.csproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
     <!-- This is so that we add the FrameworkReference to Microsoft.AspNetCore.App -->
     <UseLatestAspNetCoreReference>true</UseLatestAspNetCoreReference>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppVersion>3.1.0</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Components/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Components/Directory.Build.targets
index b6b1f773d9..8b7db89e7a 100644
--- a/src/Components/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/Components/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
       <KnownFrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App">
         <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
         <RuntimeFrameworkName>Microsoft.AspNetCore.App</RuntimeFrameworkName>
-        <DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(LatestAspNetCoreReferenceVersion)</DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-        <LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(LatestAspNetCoreReferenceVersion)</LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+        <DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppVersion)</DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+        <LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion>$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppVersion)</LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion>
         <TargetingPackName>Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref</TargetingPackName>
         <TargetingPackVersion>$(LatestAspNetCoreReferenceVersion)</TargetingPackVersion>
         <RuntimePackNamePatterns>Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.**RID**</RuntimePackNamePatterns>