diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 1de477147..c313e8314 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
 
     <StellaOpsRepoRoot Condition="'$(StellaOpsRepoRoot)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)'))</StellaOpsRepoRoot>
-    <StellaOpsLocalNuGetSource Condition="'$(StellaOpsLocalNuGetSource)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(StellaOpsRepoRoot)local-nuget/'))</StellaOpsLocalNuGetSource>
+    <StellaOpsLocalNuGetSource Condition="'$(StellaOpsLocalNuGetSource)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(StellaOpsRepoRoot)local-nugets/'))</StellaOpsLocalNuGetSource>
     <StellaOpsDotNetPublicSource Condition="'$(StellaOpsDotNetPublicSource)' == ''">https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-public/nuget/v3/index.json</StellaOpsDotNetPublicSource>
     <StellaOpsNuGetOrgSource Condition="'$(StellaOpsNuGetOrgSource)' == ''">https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json</StellaOpsNuGetOrgSource>
     <_StellaOpsDefaultRestoreSources>$(StellaOpsLocalNuGetSource);$(StellaOpsDotNetPublicSource);$(StellaOpsNuGetOrgSource)</_StellaOpsDefaultRestoreSources>
diff --git a/scripts/verify-binaries.sh b/scripts/verify-binaries.sh
index d6c61ff21..388d25102 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-binaries.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-binaries.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Verifies binary artefacts live only in approved locations.
-# Allowed roots: local-nugets (curated feed), .nuget/packages (cache), vendor (pinned binaries),
+# Allowed roots: local-nugets (curated feed + cache), vendor (pinned binaries),
 # offline (air-gap bundles/templates), plugins/tools/deploy/ops (module-owned binaries).
 
 repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
diff --git a/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime-v9.csproj b/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime-v9.csproj
index 51677cc61..77acffe2d 100644
--- a/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime-v9.csproj
+++ b/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime-v9.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
-    <RestorePackagesPath>../../local-nuget</RestorePackagesPath>
+    <RestorePackagesPath>../../local-nugets/packages</RestorePackagesPath>
     <DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>true</DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>
     <EnableDefaultItems>false</EnableDefaultItems>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime.csproj b/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime.csproj
index 3eb8e65c6..63750eb00 100644
--- a/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime.csproj
+++ b/tools/nuget-prime/nuget-prime.csproj
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
     <PackageDownload Include="Google.Apis.Auth" Version="[1.69.0]" />
     <PackageDownload Include="Google.Apis.Core" Version="[1.64.0]" />
   </ItemGroup>
-<
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>