diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
index 94854c8fbeb..5ace6dcf894 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<dependencies>
 	  <dependency id="System.Collections.Immutable" version="1.1.36" />
 	  <dependency id="Ix-Async" version="1.2.3" />
-	  <dependency id="grpc.native.csharp_ext" version="0.10.0" />
+	  <dependency id="grpc.native.csharp_ext" version="$GrpcNativeCsharpExtVersion$" />
     </dependencies>
   </metadata>
   <files>
diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages.bat b/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
index b135f6b1a73..c3e5fe8817d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages.bat
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endlocal
 
 %NUGET% pack ..\..\vsprojects\nuget_package\grpc.native.csharp_ext.nuspec -Version %CORE_VERSION% || goto :error
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.Auth\Grpc.Auth.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
-%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core\Grpc.Core.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
+%NUGET% pack Grpc.Core\Grpc.Core.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% -Properties GrpcNativeCsharpExtVersion=%CORE_VERSION% || goto :error
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.HealthCheck\Grpc.HealthCheck.nuspec -Symbols -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error
 %NUGET% pack Grpc.nuspec -Version %VERSION% || goto :error