diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/DefaultVersions.props b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/DefaultVersions.props
index 40ad9e610f3..8c0f9e0b6a2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/DefaultVersions.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/DefaultVersions.props
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
     <MicrosoftTestPlatformVersion Condition="'$(MicrosoftTestPlatformVersion)' == ''">16.5.0</MicrosoftTestPlatformVersion>
     <XUnitVersion Condition="'$(XUnitVersion)' == ''">2.4.1</XUnitVersion>
     <XUnitRunnerConsoleVersion Condition="'$(XUnitRunnerConsoleVersion)' == ''">$(XUnitVersion)</XUnitRunnerConsoleVersion>
-    <XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion)' == ''">$(XUnitVersion)</XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>
+    <!-- Version 2.4.3 of xunit.runner.visualstudio was released to fix testing of net5 projects without updating any other xunit packages -->
+    <XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion)' == ''">2.4.3</XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>
     <MSTestVersion Condition="'$(MSTestVersion)' == ''">2.0.0</MSTestVersion>
     <MSTestTestAdapterVersion Condition="'$(MSTestTestAdapterVersion)' == ''">$(MSTestVersion)</MSTestTestAdapterVersion>
     <MSTestTestFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(MSTestTestFrameworkVersion)' == ''">$(MSTestVersion)</MSTestTestFrameworkVersion>