diff --git a/tools/stress-cluster/services/Stress.Watcher/ci.yml b/tools/stress-cluster/services/Stress.Watcher/ci.yml
index cc099bcb3e2..246bd515678 100644
--- a/tools/stress-cluster/services/Stress.Watcher/ci.yml
+++ b/tools/stress-cluster/services/Stress.Watcher/ci.yml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ extends:
   template: /eng/pipelines/templates/stages/archetype-sdk-tool-dotnet.yml
   parameters:
     ToolDirectory: tools/stress-cluster/services/Stress.Watcher
-    DotNetCoreVersion: "7.0.x"
+    DotNetCoreVersion: "6.0.403"
     NoWarn: true