diff --git a/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-internal.yaml b/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-internal.yaml
index 2ae883f754d..41bf149437f 100644
--- a/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-internal.yaml
+++ b/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-internal.yaml
@@ -965,6 +965,13 @@ extends:
           parameters:
             project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
 
+        - template: /build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/restore-maui-template.yaml@self
+          parameters:
+            project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
+            nugetConfig: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/maui/NuGet.config
+            xaSourcePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/android
+            logsDirectory: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/logs
+
         - template: /build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/run-dotnet-preview.yaml@self
           parameters:
             project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
diff --git a/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-public.yaml b/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-public.yaml
index 8e5e5d08151..7540549c507 100644
--- a/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-public.yaml
+++ b/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-public.yaml
@@ -607,6 +607,13 @@ stages:
       parameters:
         project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
 
+    - template: /build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/restore-maui-template.yaml
+      parameters:
+        project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
+        nugetConfig: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/maui/NuGet.config
+        xaSourcePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/android
+        logsDirectory: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/logs
+
     - template: /build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/run-dotnet-preview.yaml
       parameters:
         project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
diff --git a/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines.yaml b/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines.yaml
index 4e62eeca2c4..0f5b0132071 100644
--- a/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines.yaml
+++ b/build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines.yaml
@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ extends:
           parameters:
             project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
 
+        - template: /build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/restore-maui-template.yaml@self
+          parameters:
+            project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
+            nugetConfig: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/maui/NuGet.config
+            xaSourcePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/android
+            logsDirectory: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/logs
+
         - template: /build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/run-dotnet-preview.yaml@self
           parameters:
             project: $(Build.StagingDirectory)/MauiTestProj/MauiTestProj.csproj
diff --git a/build-tools/automation/scripts/RestoreMauiTemplate.ps1 b/build-tools/automation/scripts/RestoreMauiTemplate.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae312cc564a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/automation/scripts/RestoreMauiTemplate.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param (
+	[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+	[string] $DotNetPath,
+	[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+	[string] $Project,
+	[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+	[string] $NuGetConfig,
+	[string] $BinaryLogPath,
+	[int] $MaxAttempts = 4,
+	[int] $InitialRetryDelaySeconds = 15,
+	[int] $MaxRetryDelaySeconds = 60
+)
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version 3.0
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+function Test-RetryableMauiRestoreFailure
+{
+	param (
+		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+		[string] $Output
+	)
+
+	$errorLines = @($Output -split '\r?\n' | Where-Object { $_ -match '(?i)\berror\b' })
+	if ($errorLines.Count -eq 0) {
+		return $false
+	}
+	if ($errorLines | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '(?i)error NU1102:' }) {
+		return $false
+	}
+
+	$missingPackageCount = 0
+	$currentPackageHasOlderDotNet11Version = $false
+	foreach ($line in $Output -split '\r?\n') {
+		if ($line -match '(?i)error NU1102: Unable to find package') {
+			if ($missingPackageCount -gt 0 -and -not $currentPackageHasOlderDotNet11Version) {
+				return $false
+			}
+			if ($line -notmatch '(?i)error NU1102: Unable to find package Microsoft\.Extensions\.Logging(?:\.[A-Za-z0-9.-]+)? with version \(>= \d+\.\d+\.\d+-(preview|rc|alpha|beta)(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)+\)\s*$') {
+				return $false
+			}
+
+			$missingPackageCount++
+			$currentPackageHasOlderDotNet11Version = $false
+			continue
+		}
+		if ($missingPackageCount -gt 0 -and $line -match '(?i)Found \d+ version\(s\) in dotnet11 \[ Nearest version: \d+\.\d+\.\d+[^]]* \]') {
+			$currentPackageHasOlderDotNet11Version = $true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return $missingPackageCount -gt 0 -and $currentPackageHasOlderDotNet11Version
+}
+
+function Clear-NuGetHttpCache
+{
+	param (
+		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+		[scriptblock] $CommandInvoker
+	)
+
+	$clearResult = & $CommandInvoker @('nuget', 'locals', 'http-cache', '--clear')
+	@($clearResult.Output) | ForEach-Object { Write-Host "$_" }
+	return [int] $clearResult.ExitCode
+}
+
+function Invoke-MauiTemplateRestore
+{
+	param (
+		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+		[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+		[string] $DotNetPath,
+		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+		[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+		[string] $Project,
+		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
+		[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+		[string] $NuGetConfig,
+		[string] $BinaryLogPath,
+		[int] $MaxAttempts = 4,
+		[int] $InitialRetryDelaySeconds = 15,
+		[int] $MaxRetryDelaySeconds = 60,
+		[scriptblock] $CommandInvoker,
+		[scriptblock] $SleepAction
+	)
+
+	if ($MaxAttempts -lt 1) {
+		throw "MaxAttempts must be at least 1."
+	}
+	if ($InitialRetryDelaySeconds -lt 0) {
+		throw "InitialRetryDelaySeconds cannot be negative."
+	}
+	if ($MaxRetryDelaySeconds -lt $InitialRetryDelaySeconds) {
+		throw "MaxRetryDelaySeconds cannot be less than InitialRetryDelaySeconds."
+	}
+
+	if ($null -eq $CommandInvoker) {
+		$CommandInvoker = {
+			param ([string []] $CommandArguments)
+
+			$output = @(& $DotNetPath @CommandArguments 2>&1)
+			return [pscustomobject] @{
+				ExitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
+				Output = $output
+			}
+		}.GetNewClosure()
+	}
+	if ($null -eq $SleepAction) {
+		$SleepAction = {
+			param ([int] $Seconds)
+			Start-Sleep -Seconds $Seconds
+		}
+	}
+
+	$restoreArguments = @(
+		'restore'
+		$Project
+		'--configfile'
+		$NuGetConfig
+		'--no-http-cache'
+		'--force-evaluate'
+	)
+
+	$lastExitCode = 1
+	$httpCacheCleared = $false
+	for ($attempt = 1; $attempt -le $MaxAttempts; $attempt++) {
+		$attemptArguments = @($restoreArguments)
+		if ($BinaryLogPath) {
+			$binaryLogDirectory = Split-Path -Parent $BinaryLogPath
+			if (-not $binaryLogDirectory) {
+				$binaryLogDirectory = (Get-Location).Path
+			}
+			if ($binaryLogDirectory -and -not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $binaryLogDirectory)) {
+				New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $binaryLogDirectory -Force | Out-Null
+			}
+
+			$extension = [IO.Path]::GetExtension($BinaryLogPath)
+			$fileName = [IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($BinaryLogPath)
+			$attemptBinaryLog = Join-Path $binaryLogDirectory "$fileName-attempt-$attempt$extension"
+			$attemptArguments += "-bl:$attemptBinaryLog"
+		}
+
+		Write-Host "Restoring MAUI template dependencies (attempt $attempt of $MaxAttempts)..."
+		$result = & $CommandInvoker $attemptArguments
+		$output = @($result.Output)
+		$output | ForEach-Object { Write-Host "$_" }
+		$lastExitCode = [int] $result.ExitCode
+		if ($lastExitCode -eq 0) {
+			if (-not $httpCacheCleared) {
+				Write-Host "Clearing NuGet's HTTP cache so subsequent MAUI restore graphs cannot reuse stale package metadata."
+				$clearExitCode = Clear-NuGetHttpCache -CommandInvoker $CommandInvoker
+				if ($clearExitCode -ne 0) {
+					Write-Host "NuGet HTTP cache clearing failed with exit code $clearExitCode."
+					return $clearExitCode
+				}
+			}
+			return 0
+		}
+
+		$outputText = $output -join [Environment]::NewLine
+		if (-not (Test-RetryableMauiRestoreFailure -Output $outputText) -or $attempt -eq $MaxAttempts) {
+			return $lastExitCode
+		}
+		Write-Host "The dotnet11 feed has an older version than the requested prerelease package. Clearing NuGet's HTTP cache before retrying."
+		$clearExitCode = Clear-NuGetHttpCache -CommandInvoker $CommandInvoker
+		if ($clearExitCode -ne 0) {
+			Write-Host "NuGet HTTP cache clearing failed with exit code $clearExitCode."
+			return $clearExitCode
+		}
+		$httpCacheCleared = $true
+
+		$retryDelaySeconds = [Math]::Min(
+			$MaxRetryDelaySeconds,
+			$InitialRetryDelaySeconds * [Math]::Pow(2, $attempt - 1)
+		)
+		Write-Host "Retrying MAUI template restore after $retryDelaySeconds seconds..."
+		& $SleepAction ([int] $retryDelaySeconds)
+	}
+
+	return $lastExitCode
+}
+
+$exitCode = Invoke-MauiTemplateRestore `
+	-DotNetPath $DotNetPath `
+	-Project $Project `
+	-NuGetConfig $NuGetConfig `
+	-BinaryLogPath $BinaryLogPath `
+	-MaxAttempts $MaxAttempts `
+	-InitialRetryDelaySeconds $InitialRetryDelaySeconds `
+	-MaxRetryDelaySeconds $MaxRetryDelaySeconds
+if ($exitCode -ne 0) {
+	throw "MAUI template restore failed with exit code $exitCode."
+}
diff --git a/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/restore-maui-template.yaml b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/restore-maui-template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25c2bb3abf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/restore-maui-template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+parameters:
+  project:
+  nugetConfig:
+  xaSourcePath:
+  logsDirectory:
+  configuration: $(XA.Build.Configuration)
+
+steps:
+- powershell: |
+    if ([Environment]::OSVersion.Platform -eq "Unix") {
+        $dotnetPath = "${{ parameters.xaSourcePath }}/bin/${{ parameters.configuration }}/dotnet/dotnet"
+    } else {
+        $dotnetPath = "${{ parameters.xaSourcePath }}\bin\${{ parameters.configuration }}\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
+    }
+
+    & '${{ parameters.xaSourcePath }}/build-tools/automation/scripts/RestoreMauiTemplate.ps1' `
+      -DotNetPath $dotnetPath `
+      -Project '${{ parameters.project }}' `
+      -NuGetConfig '${{ parameters.nugetConfig }}' `
+      -BinaryLogPath '${{ parameters.logsDirectory }}/MauiTestProj-Restore.binlog'
+  displayName: Restore MAUI template dependencies