diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Directory.Build.targets
index 13c6c8136..da211fd08 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <MicrosoftTestSdkVersion Condition="'$(MicrosoftTestSdkVersion)' == ''">17.9.0</MicrosoftTestSdkVersion>
     <NUnitVersion Condition="'$(NUnitVersion)' == ''">4.1.0</NUnitVersion>
     <NUnit3TestAdapterVersion Condition="'$(NUnit3TestAdapterVersion)' == ''">4.5.0</NUnit3TestAdapterVersion>
-    <FluentAssertionsVersion Condition="'$(FluentAssertionsVersion)' == ''">6.12.0</FluentAssertionsVersion>
+    <FluentAssertionsVersion Condition="'$(FluentAssertionsVersion)' == ''">[7.2.0]</FluentAssertionsVersion>
     <CoverletCollectorVersion Condition="'$(CoverletCollectorVersion)' == ''">6.0.2</CoverletCollectorVersion>
     <NewtonsoftJsonVersion Condition="'$(NewtonsoftJsonVersion)' == ''">13.0.3</NewtonsoftJsonVersion>
     <XamarinUITestVersion Condition="'$(XamarinUITestVersion)' == ''">4.3.4</XamarinUITestVersion>
diff --git a/src/Uno.Templates/content/unoapp/Directory.Packages.props b/src/Uno.Templates/content/unoapp/Directory.Packages.props
index fe82ce06e..f171b57e6 100644
--- a/src/Uno.Templates/content/unoapp/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/src/Uno.Templates/content/unoapp/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <!--#if (useTestSolutionFolder)-->
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="$CoverletCollector$" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="$FluentAssertions$" />
+    <!--Pinned to this version to prevent unintentional upgrades, later versions than 7.2.0 are under paid licensing-->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$MicrosoftTestSdk$" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit" Version="$NUnit$" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="$NUnit3TestAdapter$" />
diff --git a/src/Uno.Templates/content/unolib-uitest/UnoUITestsLibrary.csproj b/src/Uno.Templates/content/unolib-uitest/UnoUITestsLibrary.csproj
index 8fb661817..2dd3db670 100644
--- a/src/Uno.Templates/content/unolib-uitest/UnoUITestsLibrary.csproj
+++ b/src/Uno.Templates/content/unolib-uitest/UnoUITestsLibrary.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" VersionOverride="$FluentAssertions$" />
+    <!--Pinned to this version to prevent unintentional upgrades, later versions than 7.2.0 are under paid licensing-->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" VersionOverride="$MicrosoftTestSdk$" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" VersionOverride="$NewtonsoftJson$" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" VersionOverride="$NUnit$" />