NETSDK1141: Unable to resolve the .NET SDK version as specified in the global.json

This article applies to: ✔️ .NET Core 5.0 SDK and later versions

There was a problem with the version of the SDK specified in the global.json file.

NETSDK1141: Unable to resolve the .NET SDK version as specified in the global.json located at C:\path\global.json.

Cause

• The SDK version in the global.json file is incorrectly specified.
• The SDK version specified in the global.json file was not installed.
• The SDK version specified in global.json could not be found, due to an incorrect path.

How to fix the error

• Install the SDK version requested in global.json.
• Specify a different SDK version in global.json.
• Check for typos or other problems in global.json. See global.json for the correct structure of that file.
• Delete global.json. In this case, the latest installed version of the SDK is used.

When you're working on a shared project, developers need to agree on the SDK version that will be used for the project. Without global.json, if developers on different dev machines don't have the same SDK versions, the build environment might be inconsistent across the dev team. To solve this, the SDK version can be specified in global.json and checked into source control as a common file which would be the same for all developers and ensure that the same SDK version is being used in all development environments. Therefore, to resolve this issue in a shared project, you might need to agree as a team on a particular SDK version and update all the code to use this version.

See also

global.json How to check that the .NET SDK is installed