diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index ff00d0dca72..b9725428870 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
     <!--
         When StabilizePackageVersion is set to 'true', this branch will produce stable outputs for 'Shipping' packages
     -->
-    <StabilizePackageVersion Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == ''">false</StabilizePackageVersion>
+    <StabilizePackageVersion Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == ''">true</StabilizePackageVersion>
     <!--
         When DotNetFinalVersionKind is set to 'release' (only for the release branches),
         the build will produce stable outputs for 'Shipping' packages.
 
         This is used by the Arcade SDK (Publish.proj) to determine if the build is a release build or not.
       -->
-    <DotNetFinalVersionKind />
+    <DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
     <!-- Enabling this rule will cause build failures on undocumented public APIs. -->
     <SkipArcadeNoWarnCS1591>true</SkipArcadeNoWarnCS1591>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.Tests.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.Tests.csproj
index da35b77fca9..9c4ddf32340 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.Tests.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
     <IsIntegrationTestProject>true</IsIntegrationTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!--
+      Skip these tests pending backport of #7561 to release/10.7. The generated
+      AppHost projects fail 'dotnet restore' with NU1903 because the transitive
+      MessagePack 2.5.192 has a known high severity vulnerability
+      (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv8m-jj95-wg3x). See #7562.
+    -->
+    <SkipTests>true</SkipTests>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA1063;CA1716;CA1861;CA2201;VSTHRD003;S104;S125;S2699</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>