diff --git a/Source/Editor/Cooker/CookingData.h b/Source/Editor/Cooker/CookingData.h
index 51a3fcd79..1924b0c56 100644
--- a/Source/Editor/Cooker/CookingData.h
+++ b/Source/Editor/Cooker/CookingData.h
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 class GameCooker;
 class PlatformTools;
 
+#if OFFICIAL_BUILD
+// Use the fixed .NET SDK version in packaged builds for compatibility (FlaxGame is precompiled with it)
+#define GAME_BUILD_DOTNET_VER TEXT("-dotnet=7")
+#else
+#define GAME_BUILD_DOTNET_VER TEXT("")
+#endif
+
 /// <summary>
 /// Game building options. Used as flags.
 /// </summary>
diff --git a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CompileScriptsStep.cpp b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CompileScriptsStep.cpp
index 361e5f937..befc41640 100644
--- a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CompileScriptsStep.cpp
+++ b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CompileScriptsStep.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ bool CompileScriptsStep::Perform(CookingData& data)
     LOG(Info, "Starting scripts compilation for game...");
     const String logFile = data.CacheDirectory / TEXT("CompileLog.txt");
     auto args = String::Format(
-        TEXT("-log -logfile=\"{4}\" -build -mutex -buildtargets={0} -platform={1} -arch={2} -configuration={3} -aotMode={5}"),
-        target, platform, architecture, configuration, logFile, ToString(data.Tools->UseAOT()));
+        TEXT("-log -logfile=\"{4}\" -build -mutex -buildtargets={0} -platform={1} -arch={2} -configuration={3} -aotMode={5} {6}"),
+        target, platform, architecture, configuration, logFile, ToString(data.Tools->UseAOT()), GAME_BUILD_DOTNET_VER);
 #if PLATFORM_WINDOWS
     if (data.Platform == BuildPlatform::LinuxX64)
 #elif PLATFORM_LINUX
diff --git a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/DeployDataStep.cpp b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/DeployDataStep.cpp
index 8306475d1..c1179c77a 100644
--- a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/DeployDataStep.cpp
+++ b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/DeployDataStep.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ bool DeployDataStep::Perform(CookingData& data)
             {
                 // Ask Flax.Build to provide .Net SDK location for the current platform
                 String sdks;
-                bool failed = ScriptsBuilder::RunBuildTool(TEXT("-log -logMessagesOnly -logFileWithConsole -logfile=SDKs.txt -printSDKs"), data.CacheDirectory);
+                bool failed = ScriptsBuilder::RunBuildTool(String::Format(TEXT("-log -logMessagesOnly -logFileWithConsole -logfile=SDKs.txt -printSDKs {}"), GAME_BUILD_DOTNET_VER), data.CacheDirectory);
                 failed |= File::ReadAllText(data.CacheDirectory / TEXT("SDKs.txt"), sdks);
                 int32 idx = sdks.Find(TEXT("DotNetSdk, "), StringSearchCase::CaseSensitive);
                 if (idx != -1)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ bool DeployDataStep::Perform(CookingData& data)
                 String sdks;
                 const Char *platformName, *archName;
                 data.GetBuildPlatformName(platformName, archName);
-                String args = String::Format(TEXT("-log -logMessagesOnly -logFileWithConsole -logfile=SDKs.txt -printDotNetRuntime -platform={} -arch={}"), platformName, archName);
+                String args = String::Format(TEXT("-log -logMessagesOnly -logFileWithConsole -logfile=SDKs.txt -printDotNetRuntime -platform={} -arch={} {}"), platformName, archName, GAME_BUILD_DOTNET_VER);
                 bool failed = ScriptsBuilder::RunBuildTool(args, data.CacheDirectory);
                 failed |= File::ReadAllText(data.CacheDirectory / TEXT("SDKs.txt"), sdks);
                 Array<String> parts;
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ bool DeployDataStep::Perform(CookingData& data)
             LOG(Info, "Optimizing .NET class library size to include only used assemblies");
             const String logFile = data.CacheDirectory / TEXT("StripDotnetLibs.txt");
             String args = String::Format(
-                TEXT("-log -logfile=\"{}\" -runDotNetClassLibStripping -mutex -binaries=\"{}\""),
-                logFile, data.DataOutputPath);
+                TEXT("-log -logfile=\"{}\" -runDotNetClassLibStripping -mutex -binaries=\"{}\" {}"),
+                logFile, data.DataOutputPath, GAME_BUILD_DOTNET_VER);
             for (const String& define : data.CustomDefines)
             {
                 args += TEXT(" -D");
diff --git a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/PrecompileAssembliesStep.cpp b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/PrecompileAssembliesStep.cpp
index deb8f5022..5d566efb5 100644
--- a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/PrecompileAssembliesStep.cpp
+++ b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/PrecompileAssembliesStep.cpp
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ bool PrecompileAssembliesStep::Perform(CookingData& data)
     data.GetBuildPlatformName(platform, architecture);
     const String logFile = data.CacheDirectory / TEXT("AOTLog.txt");
     String args = String::Format(
-        TEXT("-log -logfile=\"{}\" -runDotNetAOT -mutex -platform={} -arch={} -configuration={} -aotMode={} -binaries=\"{}\" -intermediate=\"{}\""),
-        logFile, platform, architecture, configuration, ToString(aotMode), data.DataOutputPath, data.ManagedCodeOutputPath);
+        TEXT("-log -logfile=\"{}\" -runDotNetAOT -mutex -platform={} -arch={} -configuration={} -aotMode={} -binaries=\"{}\" -intermediate=\"{}\" {}"),
+        logFile, platform, architecture, configuration, ToString(aotMode), data.DataOutputPath, data.ManagedCodeOutputPath, GAME_BUILD_DOTNET_VER);
     if (!buildSettings.SkipUnusedDotnetLibsPackaging)
         args += TEXT(" -skipUnusedDotnetLibs=false"); // Run AOT on whole class library (not just used libs)
     for (const String& define : data.CustomDefines)