diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/BuildTestBase.cs b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/BuildTestBase.cs
index 3f878fb23b6c4f..52438daac5ddf9 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/BuildTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/BuildTestBase.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Wasm.Build.Tests
     public abstract class BuildTestBase : IClassFixture<SharedBuildPerTestClassFixture>, IDisposable
     {
         public const string DefaultTargetFramework = "net9.0";
-        public const string DefaultTargetFrameworkForBlazor = "net8.0";
+        public const string DefaultTargetFrameworkForBlazor = "net9.0";
         public const string TargetFrameworkForTasks = "net8.0";
         private const string DefaultEnvironmentLocale = "en-US";
         protected static readonly char s_unicodeChar = '\u7149';
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Wasm.Build.Tests.csproj b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Wasm.Build.Tests.csproj
index a4ac1a26d960c8..ac0c4fb1de2afd 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Wasm.Build.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/Wasm.Build.Tests/Wasm.Build.Tests.csproj
@@ -106,12 +106,8 @@
     <ItemGroup>
       <_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersion)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER9" />
 
-      <!-- Blazor projects are still targeting net8.0, but the runtime packs are replaced with
-           the locally built ones. So, set the version to the locally built one for the tests -->
-      <_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersion)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER8" />
-
-      <!--<_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersionNet8)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER8" Condition="'$(PackageVersionNet8)' != ''" />-->
-      <!--<_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersion)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER8" Condition="'$(PackageVersionNet8)' == ''" />-->
+      <_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersionNet8)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER8" Condition="'$(PackageVersionNet8)' != ''" />
+      <_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersion)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER8" Condition="'$(PackageVersionNet8)' == ''" />
       <_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersionNet7)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER7" Condition="'$(PackageVersionNet7)' != ''" />
       <_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersion)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER7" Condition="'$(PackageVersionNet7)' == ''" />
       <_RuntimePackVersions Include="$(PackageVersionNet6)" EnvVarName="RUNTIME_PACK_VER6" />