diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 94e7a2ac6d..778e8f488c 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Naming is based on dotnet/runtime one -->
     <NetFrameworkMinimum>net462</NetFrameworkMinimum>
+    <!-- When not building from source, hardcode the NetCurrent TFM value as it is hardcoded in a number of places, i.e. nuspec files. -->
+    <NetCurrent Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' != 'true'">net9.0</NetCurrent>
     <NetCoreAppMinimum>netcoreapp3.1</NetCoreAppMinimum>
     <!--
       Arcade is making things hard to work with. This property is unset when its value is equal to NetMinimum.