diff --git a/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/functions/botName.csproj b/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/functions/botName.csproj
index b1dea0166e..af41f374be 100644
--- a/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/functions/botName.csproj
+++ b/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/functions/botName.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <_FunctionsSkipCleanOutput>true</_FunctionsSkipCleanOutput>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="**/*.blu;**/*.dialog;**/*.json;**/*.lg;**/*.lu;**/*.onnx;**/*.qna;**/*.txt"
+    <Content Include="**/*.blu;**/*.dialog;**/*.json;**/*.lg;**/*.lu;**/*.model;**/*.onnx;**/*.qna;**/*.txt"
              Exclude="$(AppDesignerFolder)/**;$(BaseOutputPath)/**;$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)/**;wwwroot/**;**/function.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
diff --git a/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/webapp/botName.csproj b/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/webapp/botName.csproj
index d3ef64ca79..9b8bd10fe2 100644
--- a/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/webapp/botName.csproj
+++ b/generators/generator-bot-adaptive/generators/app/templates/dotnet/webapp/botName.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <AspNetCoreHostingModel>OutOfProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="**/*.blu;**/*.dialog;**/*.lg;**/*.lu;**/*.onnx;**/*.qna;**/*.txt" Exclude="$(BaseOutputPath)/**;$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)/**;wwwroot/**">
+    <Content Include="**/*.blu;**/*.dialog;**/*.lg;**/*.lu;**/*.model;**/*.onnx;**/*.qna;**/*.txt" Exclude="$(BaseOutputPath)/**;$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)/**;wwwroot/**">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>