diff --git a/HostsFileEditor.Cli/HostsFileEditor.Cli.csproj b/HostsFileEditor.Cli/HostsFileEditor.Cli.csproj
index c59b62d..0bf1299 100644
--- a/HostsFileEditor.Cli/HostsFileEditor.Cli.csproj
+++ b/HostsFileEditor.Cli/HostsFileEditor.Cli.csproj
@@ -18,4 +18,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\HostsFileEditor.Core\HostsFileEditor.Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Pin the NativeAOT ILCompiler to match the installed .NET 10 runtime (10.0.10); see the
+         same note in HostsFileEditor.Elevate.csproj. Remove once the SDK default catches up. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="10.0.10" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/HostsFileEditor.Elevate/HostsFileEditor.Elevate.csproj b/HostsFileEditor.Elevate/HostsFileEditor.Elevate.csproj
index 45ca99a..94be5af 100644
--- a/HostsFileEditor.Elevate/HostsFileEditor.Elevate.csproj
+++ b/HostsFileEditor.Elevate/HostsFileEditor.Elevate.csproj
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@
     <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Pin the NativeAOT ILCompiler to match the installed .NET 10 runtime (10.0.10). The .NET SDK
+         10.0.302 still defaults the AOT compiler to 10.0.9, which conflicts with the newer 10.0.10
+         self-contained runtime pack ("Overriding System.Private.CoreLib.dll with a newer version is
+         not supported"). Aligning the compiler up to the runtime fixes AOT publish. Bump alongside
+         the runtime; remove once the SDK default catches up. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="10.0.10" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/HostsFileEditor.WinUI/HostsFileEditor.WinUI.csproj b/HostsFileEditor.WinUI/HostsFileEditor.WinUI.csproj
index 3f4952d..1489824 100644
--- a/HostsFileEditor.WinUI/HostsFileEditor.WinUI.csproj
+++ b/HostsFileEditor.WinUI/HostsFileEditor.WinUI.csproj
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.9" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <!-- Pin the NativeAOT ILCompiler to match the installed .NET 10 runtime (10.0.10); see the same
+         note in HostsFileEditor.Elevate.csproj. The SDK 10.0.302 default (10.0.9) conflicts with the
+         newer 10.0.10 self-contained runtime pack. Remove once the SDK default catches up. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="10.0.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="H.NotifyIcon.WinUI" Version="2.4.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="10.0.9" />
     <!-- Taskbar Jump List (issue #10) uses the WinRT Windows.UI.StartScreen.JumpList API — packaged-