diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index ae4886e92..1a5a996a1 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 steps:
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/use-dotnet-sdk.yml@self
   parameters:
-    version: "9.x" #kiota uses a net9 target
+    version: "10.x" #kiota uses a net10 target
 
 - checkout: kiota
   displayName: checkout kiota
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ steps:
 
 - task: CopyFiles@2
   inputs:
-    sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/src/kiota/bin/$(BuildConfiguration)/net9.0'
+    sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/src/kiota/bin/$(BuildConfiguration)/net10.0'
     contents: '**/*'
     targetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
   displayName: Copy Kiota executable
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diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
index 5b2050d06..980cad008 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ steps:
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-user-config.yml@self
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/use-dotnet-sdk.yml@self
   parameters:
-    version: "9.x" #kiota uses a net9 target
+    version: "10.x" #kiota uses a net10 target
 
 # checkout metadata repo if capture and clean step is skipped
 - checkout: msgraph-metadata