diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Publish.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Publish.targets
index 656e525ca32eb7..d6690d4813fbe1 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Publish.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Publish.targets
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
   <Target Name="CopyNativeBinary" AfterTargets="Publish">
     <!-- replace apphost with binary we generated during native compilation -->
     <Delete Files="$(PublishDir)\$(TargetName)$(NativeBinaryExt)" />
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NativeOutputPath)$(TargetName)$(NativeBinaryExt)" DestinationFolder="$(PublishDir)" />
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NativeBinary)" DestinationFolder="$(PublishDir)" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="_CopyAotSymbols" AfterTargets="Publish"