diff --git a/Version.props b/Version.props
index c4eabc08cd..dcc15afe0e 100644
--- a/Version.props
+++ b/Version.props
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
-	<!-- Versioning property for builds and packages -->
+	<!-- VersionPrefix property for builds and packages -->
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<VersionPrefix>1.0.56</VersionPrefix>
 	</PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/libs/host/Garnet.host.csproj b/libs/host/Garnet.host.csproj
index 1c1259fec3..872aa821a5 100644
--- a/libs/host/Garnet.host.csproj
+++ b/libs/host/Garnet.host.csproj
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\*.dll" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib\net8.0" />
-    <Content Include="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\*.xml" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib\net8.0" />
+    <Content Include="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\*.dll" Exclude="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\Garnet.host.dll" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib\net8.0" />
+    <Content Include="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\*.xml" Exclude="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\Garnet.host.xml" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib\net8.0" />
     <Content Include="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\runtimes\**\*.so" Pack="true" PackagePath="runtimes" />
     <Content Include="..\host\bin\Release\net8.0\runtimes\**\*.dll" Pack="true" PackagePath="runtimes" />
     <None Include="..\..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="/"/>