diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index f904a9dd5da..34126554c9a 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="MySqlConnector.Logging.Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NATS.Net" Version="2.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NCrontab.Signed" Version="3.4.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql" Version="10.0.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenAI" Version="2.10.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.OpenTelemetry" Version="23.26.200" />
diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL.csproj b/src/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL.csproj
index a7976f391aa..76589000769 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL.csproj
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL/Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL.csproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AspNetCore.HealthChecks.NpgSql" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>