diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json
index d4b9d0edf5b..34c19714f79 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates/src/McpServer/McpServer-CSharp/.mcp/server.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "$schema": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/draft/2025-07-09/server.json",
   "description": "<your description here>",
   "name": "io.github.<your GitHub username here>/<your repo name>",
   "packages": [
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
index ab997541e52..02908c09afb 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/mcpserver.Basic.verified/mcpserver/.mcp/server.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "$schema": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/draft/2025-07-09/server.json",
   "description": "<your description here>",
   "name": "io.github.<your GitHub username here>/<your repo name>",
   "packages": [