diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 60c5ebacc02e57..1964b0ff6aa79e 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -30,7 +30,34 @@
     <NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion)</NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>
     <NETCoreAppFrameworkVersion>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion)</NETCoreAppFrameworkVersion>
     <NETCoreAppFramework>netcoreapp$(NETCoreAppFrameworkVersion)</NETCoreAppFramework>
+    <!--
+      The NETStandard.Library targeting pack uses this patch version, which does not match the
+      runtime's. After publishing a new version of the NETStandard targeting pack in a servicing
+      release, increase this number by one.
+    -->
+    <NETStandardPatchVersion>0</NETStandardPatchVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!--
+    Servicing build settings for Setup/Installer packages. Instructions:
+
+    * To enable a package build for the current patch release, set PatchVersion to match the current
+      patch version of that package. ("major.minor.patch".) This is normally the same as
+      PatchVersion above, but not always. Notably, NETStandard has its own patch version.
+    * When the PatchVersion property above is incremented at the beginning of the next servicing
+      release, all packages listed below automatically stop building because the property no longer
+      matches the metadata. (Do not delete the items!)
+
+    If the PatchVersion below is never changed from '0', the package will build in the 'master'
+    branch, and during a forked RTM release ("X.Y.0"). It will stop building for "X.Y.1" unless
+    manually enabled by updating the metadata.
+  -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Targeting packs are only patched in extreme cases. -->
+    <ProjectServicingConfiguration Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref" PatchVersion="0" />
+    <ProjectServicingConfiguration Include="NETStandard.Library.Ref" PatchVersion="0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Arcade dependencies -->
     <MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatVersion>5.0.0-beta.20071.3</MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatVersion>
diff --git a/src/installer/pkg/projects/netstandard/pkg/Directory.Build.props b/src/installer/pkg/projects/netstandard/pkg/Directory.Build.props
index dc717c60f78f12..2826aeac134c75 100644
--- a/src/installer/pkg/projects/netstandard/pkg/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/installer/pkg/projects/netstandard/pkg/Directory.Build.props
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
     <IsFrameworkPackage>true</IsFrameworkPackage>
     <ShortFrameworkName>netstandard</ShortFrameworkName>
     <ProductBrandPrefix>Microsoft .NET Standard</ProductBrandPrefix>
-
-    <ProductBandVersion>2.1</ProductBandVersion>
-    <ProductionVersion>$(ProductBandVersion).0</ProductionVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props, $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..))" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <ProductBandVersion>2.1</ProductBandVersion>
+    <PatchVersion>$(NETStandardPatchVersion)</PatchVersion>
+
     <FrameworkListName>.NET Standard 2.1</FrameworkListName>
     <FrameworkListTargetFrameworkIdentifier>.NETStandard</FrameworkListTargetFrameworkIdentifier>
     <FrameworkListTargetFrameworkVersion>2.1</FrameworkListTargetFrameworkVersion>
diff --git a/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETCoreTests.cs b/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETCoreTests.cs
index dcd8539f5b733b..c4d5f7ae8117c6 100644
--- a/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETCoreTests.cs
+++ b/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETCoreTests.cs
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@ public class NETCoreTests
         [Fact]
         public void NETCoreTargetingPackIsValid()
         {
-            using (var tester = NuGetArtifactTester.Open(
+            using (var tester = NuGetArtifactTester.OpenOrNull(
                 dirs,
                 "Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref"))
             {
+                // Allow no targeting pack in case this is a servicing build.
+                // This condition should be tightened: https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup/issues/8830
+                if (tester == null)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 tester.IsTargetingPackForPlatform();
                 tester.HasOnlyTheseDataFiles(
                     "data/FrameworkList.xml",
diff --git a/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETStandardTests.cs b/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETStandardTests.cs
index 893a4c4342a5f2..435ce8fc30a2a6 100644
--- a/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETStandardTests.cs
+++ b/src/installer/test/Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Packaging.Tests/NETStandardTests.cs
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@ public class NETStandardTests
         [Fact]
         public void NETStandardTargetingPackIsValid()
         {
-            using (var tester = NuGetArtifactTester.Open(
+            using (var tester = NuGetArtifactTester.OpenOrNull(
                 dirs,
                 "NETStandard.Library.Ref"))
             {
+                // Allow no targeting pack in case this is a servicing build.
+                // This condition should be tightened: https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup/issues/8830
+                if (tester == null)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 tester.HasOnlyTheseDataFiles(
                     "data/FrameworkList.xml",
                     "data/PackageOverrides.txt");