diff --git a/Make.config b/Make.config
index 9fa40784a3..b5bdd8c1f8 100644
--- a/Make.config
+++ b/Make.config
@@ -2,16 +2,31 @@ include $(TOP)/mk/subdirs.mk
 
 # calculate commit distance and store it in a file so that we don't have to re-calculate it every time make is executed.
 
+# Hardcode this for now to have a higher version number than the current stable release.
+NUGET_VERSION_COMMIT_DISTANCE_START=500
+
 -include $(TOP)/Make.config.inc
 $(TOP)/Make.config.inc: $(TOP)/Make.config $(TOP)/mk/mono.mk
 	@rm -f $@
 	@printf "IOS_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG && git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep IOS_PACKAGE_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
 	@printf "MAC_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG && git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep MAC_PACKAGE_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
-	@printf "IOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep IOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
-	@printf "TVOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep TVOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
-	@printf "WATCHOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep WATCHOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
-	@printf "MACOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep MACOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
-	@printf "MACCATALYST_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep MACCATALYST_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
+	@#
+	@# Workaround to make these builds have a higher version number than the current stable release.
+	@# This workaround should be removed once we have a higher OS version than the current stable release.
+	@# THIS SHOULD NOT BE MERGED INTO MAIN.
+	@#
+	@# @printf "IOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep IOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
+	@# @printf "TVOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep TVOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
+	@# @printf "WATCHOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep WATCHOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
+	@# @printf "MACOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep MACOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
+	@# @printf "MACCATALYST_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep MACCATALYST_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed 's/ //g')\n" >> $@
+	@#
+	@printf "IOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell printf "%03d" "$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep IOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g' -e "s/^/$(NUGET_VERSION_COMMIT_DISTANCE_START)+/" | bc)")\\n" >> $@
+	@printf "TVOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell printf "%03d" "$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep TVOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g' -e "s/^/$(NUGET_VERSION_COMMIT_DISTANCE_START)+/" | bc)")\\n" >> $@
+	@printf "WATCHOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell printf "%03d" "$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep WATCHOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g' -e "s/^/$(NUGET_VERSION_COMMIT_DISTANCE_START)+/" | bc)")\\n" >> $@
+	@printf "MACOS_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell printf "%03d" "$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep MACOS_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g' -e "s/^/$(NUGET_VERSION_COMMIT_DISTANCE_START)+/" | bc)")\\n" >> $@
+	@printf "MACCATALYST_NUGET_COMMIT_DISTANCE:=$(shell printf "%03d" "$(shell LANG=C; export LANG; git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git log `git --git-dir $(TOP)/.git blame -- ./Make.versions HEAD | grep MACCATALYST_NUGET_OS_VERSION= | sed 's/ .*//' `..HEAD --oneline | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g' -e "s/^/$(NUGET_VERSION_COMMIT_DISTANCE_START)+/" | bc)")\\n" >> $@
+	@#
 	@if which ccache > /dev/null 2>&1; then printf "ENABLE_CCACHE=1\nexport CCACHE_BASEDIR=$(abspath $(TOP)/..)\n" >> $@; echo "Found ccache on the system, enabling it"; fi
 	@if test -d $(TOP)/../maccore; then printf "ENABLE_XAMARIN=1\n" >> $@; echo "Detected the maccore repository, automatically enabled the Xamarin build"; fi
 	@# Build from source if we're on CI and packages aren't available.