diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Portability/RuntimeInformation.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Portability/RuntimeInformation.cs
index bd0b62d0e8..565905bebd 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Portability/RuntimeInformation.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Portability/RuntimeInformation.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ internal static string GetRuntimeVersion()
                     }
                 }
 
-                return $".NET Core (Mono) {versionString}";
+                string runtimeName = IsMono ? "Mono" : "CoreCLR";
+                return $".NET Core ({runtimeName}) {versionString}";
             }
             else if (IsOldMono)
             {
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Templates/WasmCsProj.txt b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Templates/WasmCsProj.txt
index bf35251428..3daf85e070 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Templates/WasmCsProj.txt
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Templates/WasmCsProj.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$(WasmPropsPath)" Condition="Exists($(WasmPropsPath))" />
-
+$CORECLR_OVERRIDES$
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeConfig>Release</RuntimeConfig>
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/MonoWasm/WasmGenerator.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/MonoWasm/WasmGenerator.cs
index b42aef9e4b..9bd1835fe6 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/MonoWasm/WasmGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/MonoWasm/WasmGenerator.cs
@@ -46,8 +46,22 @@ protected void GenerateProjectFile(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths
             var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
             xmlDoc.Load(projectFile.FullName);
             var (customProperties, _) = GetSettingsThatNeedToBeCopied(xmlDoc, projectFile);
-            // Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly auto-defaults UseMonoRuntime=true.
-            string sdkName = runtime.IsMonoRuntime ? "Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly" : "Microsoft.NET.Sdk";
+            string sdkName = "Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WebAssembly";
+
+            // For CoreCLR WASM:
+            // - UseMonoRuntime=false: resolves CoreCLR runtime pack instead of Mono
+            // - WasmBuildNative=false: avoids requiring wasm-tools workload
+            // - WasmEnableWebcil=false: CoreCLR doesn't support webcil format
+            string coreclrOverrides = runtime.IsMonoRuntime
+                ? string.Empty
+                : @"
+  <!-- CoreCLR overrides: use CoreCLR runtime instead of Mono -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <UseMonoRuntime>false</UseMonoRuntime>
+    <WasmBuildNative>false</WasmBuildNative>
+    <WasmEnableWebcil>false</WasmEnableWebcil>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+";
 
             string content = new StringBuilder(ResourceHelper.LoadTemplate("WasmCsProj.txt"))
                 .Replace("$PLATFORM$", buildPartition.Platform.ToConfig())
@@ -60,6 +74,7 @@ protected void GenerateProjectFile(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths
                 .Replace("$SDKNAME$", sdkName)
                 .Replace("$WASMDATADIR$", runtime.WasmDataDir)
                 .Replace("$TARGET$", CustomRuntimePack.IsNotBlank() ? "PublishWithCustomRuntimePack" : "Publish")
+                .Replace("$CORECLR_OVERRIDES$", coreclrOverrides)
             .ToString();
 
             File.WriteAllText(artifactsPaths.ProjectFilePath, content);