diff --git a/src/Aspire.Cli/Projects/ProjectLocator.cs b/src/Aspire.Cli/Projects/ProjectLocator.cs
index 3f202ed818d..a7f2506a6e7 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Cli/Projects/ProjectLocator.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Cli/Projects/ProjectLocator.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ internal interface IProjectLocator
 
 internal sealed class ProjectLocator(ILogger<ProjectLocator> logger, IDotNetCliRunner runner, CliExecutionContext executionContext, IInteractionService interactionService, IConfigurationService configurationService, AspireCliTelemetry telemetry, IFeatures features) : IProjectLocator
 {
+    private static readonly HashSet<string> s_supportedProjectFileExtensions = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { ".csproj", ".fsproj", ".vbproj" };
+
     public async Task<List<FileInfo>> FindAppHostProjectFilesAsync(string searchDirectory, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var allCandidates = await FindAppHostProjectFilesAsync(new DirectoryInfo(searchDirectory), cancellationToken);
@@ -345,8 +347,8 @@ await Parallel.ForEachAsync(appHostFiles, parallelOptions, async (candidateFile,
                     throw new ProjectLocatorException(ErrorStrings.ProjectFileDoesntExist);
                 }
             }
-            // Handle .csproj files
-            else if (projectFile.Extension.Equals(".csproj", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            // Handle .cs|fs|vbproj files
+            else if (s_supportedProjectFileExtensions.Contains(projectFile.Extension))
             {
                 logger.LogDebug("Using project file {ProjectFile}", projectFile.FullName);
                 return projectFile;
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Projects/ProjectLocatorTests.cs b/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Projects/ProjectLocatorTests.cs
index 99b120a63a6..d66feaf3255 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Projects/ProjectLocatorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Cli.Tests/Projects/ProjectLocatorTests.cs
@@ -244,12 +244,15 @@ public async Task UseOrFindAppHostProjectFileThrowsIfNoProjectWasFound()
         Assert.Equal("No project file found.", ex.Message);
     }
 
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task UseOrFindAppHostProjectFileReturnsExplicitProjectIfExistsAndProvided()
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(".csproj")]
+    [InlineData(".fsproj")]
+    [InlineData(".vbproj")]
+    public async Task UseOrFindAppHostProjectFileReturnsExplicitProjectIfExistsAndProvided(string projectFileExtension)
     {
         var logger = NullLogger<ProjectLocator>.Instance;
         using var workspace = TemporaryWorkspace.Create(outputHelper);
-        var projectFile = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(workspace.WorkspaceRoot.FullName, "AppHost.csproj"));
+        var projectFile = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(workspace.WorkspaceRoot.FullName, $"AppHost{projectFileExtension}"));
         await File.WriteAllTextAsync(projectFile.FullName, "Not a real project file.");
 
         var runner = new TestDotNetCliRunner();
@@ -1170,3 +1173,4 @@ public async Task FindExecutableProjectsAsync_FindsMultipleExecutableProjects()
         Assert.Contains(executableProjects, p => p.FullName == winExeFile.FullName);
     }
 }
+