diff --git a/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack.Tasks/ComputeWasmPublishAssets.cs b/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack.Tasks/ComputeWasmPublishAssets.cs
index 0a9521f9b2795..df269f565e1d7 100644
--- a/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack.Tasks/ComputeWasmPublishAssets.cs
+++ b/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly.Pack.Tasks/ComputeWasmPublishAssets.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-using Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly;
 
 namespace Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly;
 
@@ -265,6 +263,7 @@ private List<ITaskItem> ProcessNativeAssets(
 
                 ApplyPublishProperties(newDotNetWasm);
                 nativeStaticWebAssets.Add(newDotNetWasm);
+
                 if (resolvedNativeAssetToPublish.TryGetValue("dotnet.native.wasm", out var resolved))
                 {
                     filesToRemove.Add(resolved);
@@ -592,7 +591,14 @@ private void GroupResolvedFilesToPublish(
                 continue;
             }
 
+            var fileName = candidate.GetMetadata("FileName");
             var extension = candidate.GetMetadata("Extension");
+            if (string.Equals(candidate.GetMetadata("AssetType"), "native", StringComparison.Ordinal) && (fileName == "dotnet" || fileName == "dotnet.native") && extension == ".wasm")
+            {
+                ResolveAsNativeAsset(Log, resolvedNativeAssetToPublish, candidate, extension);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if (string.Equals(extension, ".dll", StringComparison.Ordinal) || string.Equals(extension, Utils.WebcilInWasmExtension, StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 var culture = candidate.GetMetadata("Culture");
@@ -643,6 +649,12 @@ private void GroupResolvedFilesToPublish(
             // Capture all the native unfiltered assets since we need to process them to determine what static web assets need to get
             // upgraded
             if (string.Equals(candidate.GetMetadata("AssetType"), "native", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                ResolveAsNativeAsset(Log, resolvedNativeAssetToPublish, candidate, extension);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            static void ResolveAsNativeAsset(TaskLoggingHelper log, Dictionary<string, ITaskItem> resolvedNativeAssetToPublish, ITaskItem candidate, string extension)
             {
                 var candidateName = $"{candidate.GetMetadata("FileName")}{extension}";
                 if (!resolvedNativeAssetToPublish.ContainsKey(candidateName))
@@ -651,9 +663,8 @@ private void GroupResolvedFilesToPublish(
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Low, "Duplicate candidate '{0}' found in ResolvedFilesToPublish", candidate.ItemSpec);
+                    log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Low, "Duplicate candidate '{0}' found in ResolvedFilesToPublish", candidate.ItemSpec);
                 }
-                continue;
             }
 #pragma warning restore CA1864
         }