diff --git a/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/DotNetCli.cs b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/DotNetCli.cs
index 08e40aaf25e6c..d7fcdabeb8a17 100644
--- a/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/DotNetCli.cs
+++ b/src/installer/tests/TestUtils/DotNetCli.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public Command Exec(string command, params string[] args)
             newArgs.Insert(0, command);
 
             return Command.Create(DotnetExecutablePath, newArgs)
+                .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_CLI_DO_NOT_USE_MSBUILD_SERVER", "1") // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/74328
                 .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE", "1")
                 .EnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP", "0"); // Avoid looking at machine state by default
         }