diff --git a/Utilities/VisualStudioProjectTemplates/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer.csproj b/Utilities/VisualStudioProjectTemplates/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer.csproj
index 62e32c1655..db244cc67f 100644
--- a/Utilities/VisualStudioProjectTemplates/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer.csproj
+++ b/Utilities/VisualStudioProjectTemplates/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer.csproj
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@
       <TargetPath>extension.vsixmanifest</TargetPath>
       <IncludeInVSIX>true</IncludeInVSIX>
     </None>
-    <Content Include="obj\$(Configuration)\templateFiles.json">
-      <TargetPath Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">Debug\vs-publish.json</TargetPath>
-      <TargetPath Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">Release\vs-publish.json</TargetPath>
+    <Content Include="vs-publish.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>	
+      <IncludeInVSIX>true</IncludeInVSIX>
+	    <TargetPath>vs-publish.json</TargetPath>
+    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="ed-fi-logo.png">
diff --git a/Utilities/VisualStudioProjectTemplates/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer/vs-publish.json b/Utilities/VisualStudioProjectTemplates/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer/vs-publish.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b244adf62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utilities/VisualStudioProjectTemplates/EdFi.ProjectTemplates.Installer/vs-publish.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/vsix-publish",
+  "categories": [ "build", "coding" ],
+  "identity": {
+    "description": "Ed-Fi Alliance API C# project templates for creating composites, profiles, and/or extensions to work with ODS/API v7.1",
+    "displayName": "Ed-Fi Alliance Project Templates",
+    "icon": "TemplateIcon.png",
+    "installTargets": [
+      {
+        "sku": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community",
+        "version": "[17.0,18.0)"
+      }
+    ],
+    "internalName": "EdFi.ProjectTemplates",
+    "language": "en-US",
+    "version": "1.7.3",
+    "vsixId": "EdFi.ProjectTemplates"
+  },
+  "overview": "Release Notes.rtf",
+  "priceCategory": "free",
+  "publisher": "Ed-Fi Alliance",
+  "private": false,
+  "qna": true
+}
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