diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index e327f7b502100a..050814be429e4d 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -168,8 +168,10 @@
     <!-- MsQuic -->
     <MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>2.5.7</MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>
     <!-- emscripten workload package when testing workloads -->
+    <!-- we're using MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatTaskPackageVersion since the emscripten workload package ID contains a changing version. This one uses sdk-style feature band version numbers. -->
     <MicrosoftNETRuntimeEmscriptenVersion>$(MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatTaskPackageVersion)</MicrosoftNETRuntimeEmscriptenVersion>
-    <EmsdkPackageVersion>10.0.0</EmsdkPackageVersion>
+    <!-- we're using MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion since the emsdk package ID contains a changing version. This one uses runtime version numbers.  -->
+    <EmsdkPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion)</EmsdkPackageVersion>
     <NodePackageVersion>$(runtimewinx64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeWasmNodeTransportPackageVersion)</NodePackageVersion>
     <!-- The package path for python in src/mono/mono.proj needs to be updated if this changes-->
     <EmsdkVersion>3.1.56</EmsdkVersion>