diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 02b73dcc806c5d..ad6c5d74a263f8 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -164,8 +164,10 @@
     <MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>2.4.18</MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>
     <SystemNetMsQuicTransportVersion>9.0.0-alpha.1.24167.3</SystemNetMsQuicTransportVersion>
     <!-- emscripten / Node -->
+    <!-- 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>