diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5733a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!--
+      NCalc2 2.1.0 -> Antlr4 4.6.4 -> Antlr4.Runtime -> NETStandard.Library 1.6.0 pulls in
+      old package versions that trigger NU1605 downgrade warnings when publishing for linux-x64.
+      These are harmless false positives — .NET 8 supplies all of these natively at runtime.
+      Suppressing NU1605 here is cleaner than pinning every affected transitive package individually.
+    -->
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1605</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/PowderCoating.Application/PowderCoating.Application.csproj b/src/PowderCoating.Application/PowderCoating.Application.csproj
index 73fd68e..394194b 100644
--- a/src/PowderCoating.Application/PowderCoating.Application.csproj
+++ b/src/PowderCoating.Application/PowderCoating.Application.csproj
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
     <!-- Force newer versions of transitive packages with known CVEs -->
     <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Asn1" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.5" />
-    <!-- Pin to resolve NCalc2 -> Antlr4 -> NETStandard.Library transitive downgrade -->
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices" Version="4.3.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>