diff --git a/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesCLI/FancyZonesCLI.csproj b/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesCLI/FancyZonesCLI.csproj
index f6d650a22e..1be8bd9140 100644
--- a/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesCLI/FancyZonesCLI.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesCLI/FancyZonesCLI.csproj
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
   <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
-
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
+  
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>PowerToys.FancyZonesCLI</AssemblyTitle>
     <AssemblyDescription>PowerToys FancyZones Command Line Interface</AssemblyDescription>
     <Description>PowerToys FancyZones CLI</Description>
-    
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <Platforms>x64;ARM64</Platforms>
+    <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
@@ -21,4 +22,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <!-- Force using WindowsDesktop runtime to ensure consistent dll versions with other projects -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>