diff --git a/shell/windows/LayersShell/LayersShell.csproj b/shell/windows/LayersShell/LayersShell.csproj
index fb9d39a..836bb76 100644
--- a/shell/windows/LayersShell/LayersShell.csproj
+++ b/shell/windows/LayersShell/LayersShell.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
     <EnableMsixTooling>true</EnableMsixTooling>
     <WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>
+    <WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>true</WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>