diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5dd61f94..9f3b9ff4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -287,3 +287,6 @@ __pycache__/
 *.xsd.cs
 
 .DS_Store
+
+# ci.global.json is used in CI; local builds are unconstrained
+global.json
diff --git a/Build.ps1 b/Build.ps1
index 29f5ea0f..94ae7fcc 100644
--- a/Build.ps1
+++ b/Build.ps1
@@ -78,16 +78,32 @@ function Publish-Docs($version)
     if($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Build failed" }
 }
 
+function Remove-GlobalJson
+{
+    if(Test-Path ./global.json) { rm ./global.json }    
+}
+
+function Create-GlobalJson
+{
+    # It's very important that SeqCli use the same .NET SDK version as its matching Seq version, to avoid
+    # container and installer bloat. But, highly-restrictive global.json files are annoying during development. So,
+    # we create a temporary global.json from ci.global.json to use during CI builds.
+    Remove-GlobalJson
+    cp ./ci.global.json global.json
+}
+
 Write-Output "Building version $version"
 
 $env:Path = "$pwd/.dotnetcli;$env:Path"
 
 Clean-Output
 Create-ArtifactDir
+Create-GlobalJson
 Restore-Packages
 Publish-Archives($version)
 Publish-DotNetTool($version)
 Execute-Tests($version)
 Publish-Docs($version)
+Remove-GlobalJson
 
 Pop-Location
diff --git a/Setup.ps1 b/Setup.ps1
index e775d1f1..2cef90f3 100644
--- a/Setup.ps1
+++ b/Setup.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
-$RequiredDotnetVersion =  $(cat ./global.json | convertfrom-json).sdk.version
+$RequiredDotnetVersion =  $(cat ./ci.global.json | convertfrom-json).sdk.version
 
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force "./build/" | Out-Null
 
diff --git a/global.json b/ci.global.json
similarity index 100%
rename from global.json
rename to ci.global.json
diff --git a/seqcli.sln b/seqcli.sln
index 6c6104c5..2bc38226 100644
--- a/seqcli.sln
+++ b/seqcli.sln
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "sln", "sln", "{2EA56595-519
 		.gitignore = .gitignore
 		appveyor.yml = appveyor.yml
 		Build.ps1 = Build.ps1
-		global.json = global.json
 		LICENSE = LICENSE
 		README.md = README.md
 		setup.sh = setup.sh
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "sln", "sln", "{2EA56595-519
 		docker-publish.ps1 = docker-publish.ps1
 		Setup.ps1 = Setup.ps1
 		CONTRIBUTING.md = CONTRIBUTING.md
+		ci.global.json = ci.global.json
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "test", "test", "{3587B633-0C03-4235-8903-6226900328F1}"
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index aefb1b48..8477bc42 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 sudo apt-get update || true
 sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends jq
 
-RequiredDotnetVersion=$(jq -r '.sdk.version' global.json)
+RequiredDotnetVersion=$(jq -r '.sdk.version' ci.global.json)
 
 curl https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh -sSfL --output dotnet-install.sh
 chmod +x dotnet-install.sh