diff --git a/templates/Umbraco.Templates.csproj b/templates/Umbraco.Templates.csproj
index 4543023507..a19e4ed6f2 100644
--- a/templates/Umbraco.Templates.csproj
+++ b/templates/Umbraco.Templates.csproj
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Umbraco.JsonSchema.Extensions" Version="0.3.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <Target Name="GetUpdatedTemplateJsonPackageFiles" BeforeTargets="GenerateNuspec" AfterTargets="GetBuildVersion;GetUmbracoBuildVersion">
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Update="**\.template.config\template.json" Pack="false" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="GetUpdatedTemplateJsonPackageFiles" BeforeTargets="GenerateNuspec" AfterTargets="GetUmbracoBuildVersion">
     <ItemGroup>
       <_TemplateJsonFiles Include="**\.template.config\template.json" Exclude="bin\**;obj\**" />
       <_TemplateJsonFiles>
@@ -58,10 +61,10 @@
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(_TemplateJsonFiles)" DestinationFiles="%(DestinationFile)" />
     <JsonPathUpdateValue JsonFile="%(_TemplateJsonFiles.DestinationFile)" Path="$.symbols.UmbracoVersion.defaultValue" Value="&quot;$(PackageVersion)&quot;" />
     <ItemGroup>
-      <_PackageFiles Remove="@(_TemplateJsonFiles)" />
       <_PackageFiles Include="%(_TemplateJsonFiles.DestinationFile)">
-        <PackagePath>%(RelativeDir)</PackagePath>
+        <PackagePath>%(_TemplateJsonFiles.RelativeDir)</PackagePath>
       </_PackageFiles>
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 </Project>
+