diff --git a/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj b/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
index 6b0f92858da9..efc542572850 100644
--- a/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
+++ b/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
         <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);wwwroot/media/**;</DefaultItemExcludes>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
+    <!-- Force windows to use ICU. Otherwise Windows 10 2019H1+ will do it, but older windows 10 and most if not all winodws servers will run NLS -->
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ICU.ICU4C.Runtime" Version="68.2.0.6" />
+        <RuntimeHostConfigurationOption Include="System.Globalization.AppLocalIcu" Value="68.2" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Umbraco.Cms" Version="UMBRACO_VERSION_FROM_TEMPLATE" />
         <PackageReference Include="Umbraco.Cms.SqlCe" Version="UMBRACO_VERSION_FROM_TEMPLATE" Condition="'$(UseSqlCe)' == 'true'" />