diff --git a/tools/ci/release/consumer_smoke_from_pack.sh b/tools/ci/release/consumer_smoke_from_pack.sh
index dab9b623..76971bcd 100755
--- a/tools/ci/release/consumer_smoke_from_pack.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/release/consumer_smoke_from_pack.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 version="${1:?version required}"
 project="samples/PortableConsumer/PortableConsumer.csproj"
 
-dotnet restore "${project}" --source artifacts/nuget --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -p:PortableConsumerPackageVersion="${version}" -v minimal
+dotnet restore "${project}" --source artifacts/nuget --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -p:PortableConsumerPackageVersion="${version}" -p:RestoreLockedMode=false --force-evaluate -v minimal
 dotnet build "${project}" -c Release --no-restore -p:PortableConsumerPackageVersion="${version}" -v minimal
 dotnet run --project "${project}" -c Release -f net10.0 --no-build -p:PortableConsumerPackageVersion="${version}"
diff --git a/tools/ci/release/package_backed_from_pack.sh b/tools/ci/release/package_backed_from_pack.sh
index b7d8235b..5f8f6011 100755
--- a/tools/ci/release/package_backed_from_pack.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/release/package_backed_from_pack.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail
 version="${1:?version required}"
 project="tests/PackageBacked.Tests/PackageBacked.Tests.csproj"
 
-dotnet restore "${project}" --source artifacts/nuget --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -p:PackageBackedVersion="${version}" -v minimal
+dotnet restore "${project}" --source artifacts/nuget --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -p:PackageBackedVersion="${version}" -p:RestoreLockedMode=false --force-evaluate -v minimal
 dotnet test "${project}" -c Release --no-restore -p:PackageBackedVersion="${version}" -v minimal