diff --git a/files/KoreBuild/scripts/KoreBuild.psm1 b/files/KoreBuild/scripts/KoreBuild.psm1
index a15faffc3..f10b52db5 100644
--- a/files/KoreBuild/scripts/KoreBuild.psm1
+++ b/files/KoreBuild/scripts/KoreBuild.psm1
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ function Invoke-KoreBuildCommand(
 
     $sdkVersion = __get_dotnet_sdk_version
     $korebuildVersion = Get-KoreBuildVersion
-    if ($sdkVersion -ne 'latest') {
+    if ($sdkVersion -ne 'latest' -and $env:KOREBUILD_KEEPGLOBALJSON -ne '1') {
         @"
 {
     `"sdk`": {
diff --git a/files/KoreBuild/scripts/invoke-repository-build.sh b/files/KoreBuild/scripts/invoke-repository-build.sh
index d1bac5560..75c15f4d4 100755
--- a/files/KoreBuild/scripts/invoke-repository-build.sh
+++ b/files/KoreBuild/scripts/invoke-repository-build.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ __verbose "Building $repo_path"
 
 sdk_version="$(__get_dotnet_sdk_version)"
 korebuild_version="$(__get_korebuild_version)"
-if [ "$sdk_version" != 'latest' ]; then
+if [ "$sdk_version" != 'latest' ] && [ "${KOREBUILD_KEEPGLOBALJSON:-}" != '1' ]; then
     echo "{
     \"sdk\": {
         \"version\": \"${sdk_version}\"