diff --git a/dotnet/Workloads/vs-workload.template.props b/dotnet/Workloads/vs-workload.template.props
index 387cada6ae..38c73a758a 100644
--- a/dotnet/Workloads/vs-workload.template.props
+++ b/dotnet/Workloads/vs-workload.template.props
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>Microsoft.NET.Sdk.MaciOS.Workload</TargetName>
+    <ManifestBuildVersion>@IOS_WORKLOAD_VERSION@</ManifestBuildVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Shorten package names to avoid long path caching issues in Visual Studio -->