diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 9e283fcd84a..566c7671d1e 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.AspNetCore" Version="[2.55.0,3.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.AspNetCore.Server" Version="[2.55.0, 3.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="[2.56.2,3.0)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="7.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="7.0.9" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PublicApiAnalyzers" Version="[3.11.0-beta1.23402.2]" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="2.1.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="6.0.0-beta.21308.1" />
@@ -85,4 +83,17 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="[2.5.0,3.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="[2.5.0,3.0)" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'">
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="6.0.21" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="6.0.21" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0'">
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="7.0.9" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="7.0.9" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'">
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="8.0.0-rc.1.23421.29" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="8.0.0-rc.1.23421.29" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests.csproj b/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests.csproj
index e93beb327d5..70b701da252 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Tests.csproj
@@ -7,24 +7,16 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'" Include="Grpc.AspNetCore.Server" />
+    <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'" Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" PrivateAssets="All">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore.Server" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" VersionOverride="6.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore.Server" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj b/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
index e93f4d2e3ed..4d01b88f6bc 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
@@ -23,14 +24,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" VersionOverride="6.0.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\test\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.HttpListener.Tests\EventSourceTest.cs" Link="Includes\EventSourceTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\test\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.HttpListener.Tests\PrometheusCollectionManagerTests.cs" Link="Includes\PrometheusCollectionManagerTests.cs" />
@@ -40,5 +33,4 @@
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\test\OpenTelemetry.Tests\Shared\TestEventListener.cs" Link="Includes\TestEventListener.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\test\OpenTelemetry.Tests\Shared\Utils.cs" Link="Includes\Utils.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/test/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index 5a6e303401b..752fb95709e 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'" Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
@@ -26,13 +27,4 @@
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" VersionOverride="6.0.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
index 63b7ec9c6b3..fac096659c7 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
@@ -26,13 +27,4 @@
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\test\OpenTelemetry.Tests\Shared\InMemoryEventListener.cs" Link="Includes\InMemoryEventListener.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\test\OpenTelemetry.Tests\Shared\TestEventListener.cs" Link="Includes\TestEventListener.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" VersionOverride="6.0.21" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>