diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index ac1ad79..9dbbd47 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
     <RestorePackagesWithLockFile>false</RestorePackagesWithLockFile>
     <DisableImplicitFSharpCoreReference>true</DisableImplicitFSharpCoreReference>
+    <!-- Fornax.Core doesn't use FCS, so we don't need to pin FSharp.Core to a matching version -->
+    <FornaxCoreFSharpCoreVersion>6.0.7</FornaxCoreFSharpCoreVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Core" Version="[8.0.100]" />
diff --git a/src/Fornax.Core/Fornax.Core.fsproj b/src/Fornax.Core/Fornax.Core.fsproj
index 7b8b072..93ef395 100644
--- a/src/Fornax.Core/Fornax.Core.fsproj
+++ b/src/Fornax.Core/Fornax.Core.fsproj
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Model.fs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" VersionOverride="$(FornaxCoreFSharpCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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