diff --git a/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/ProjectTest.cs b/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/ProjectTest.cs
index 08e4af770199..52400df72515 100644
--- a/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/ProjectTest.cs
+++ b/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/ProjectTest.cs
@@ -2225,15 +2225,16 @@ public void PluralRuntimeIdentifiers (ApplePlatform platform, string runtimeIden
 			PluralRuntimeIdentifiersImpl (platform, runtimeIdentifiers);
 		}
 
-		internal static void PluralRuntimeIdentifiersImpl (ApplePlatform platform, string runtimeIdentifiers, Dictionary<string, string>? extraProperties = null)
+		internal static void PluralRuntimeIdentifiersImpl (ApplePlatform platform, string runtimeIdentifiers, Dictionary<string, string>? extraProperties = null, string configuration = "Debug")
 		{
 			var project = "MySimpleApp";
 			Configuration.IgnoreIfIgnoredPlatform (platform);
 			Configuration.AssertRuntimeIdentifiersAvailable (platform, runtimeIdentifiers);
 
-			var project_path = GetProjectPath (project, runtimeIdentifiers: runtimeIdentifiers, platform: platform, out var appPath);
+			var project_path = GetProjectPath (project, runtimeIdentifiers: runtimeIdentifiers, platform: platform, out var appPath, configuration: configuration);
 			Clean (project_path);
 			var properties = GetDefaultProperties (extraProperties: extraProperties);
+			properties ["Configuration"] = configuration;
 			properties ["RuntimeIdentifiers"] = runtimeIdentifiers;
 
 			DotNet.AssertBuild (project_path, properties);
diff --git a/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/WindowsTest.cs b/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/WindowsTest.cs
index 72091fb95efa..cde173816ba1 100644
--- a/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/WindowsTest.cs
+++ b/tests/dotnet/UnitTests/WindowsTest.cs
@@ -213,12 +213,13 @@ public void BundleStructureWithRemoteMac (ApplePlatform platform, string runtime
 		}
 
 		[Category ("RemoteWindows")]
-		[TestCase (ApplePlatform.iOS, "ios-arm64")]
-		[TestCase (ApplePlatform.iOS, "iossimulator-arm64;iossimulator-x64")]
-		public void PluralRuntimeIdentifiersWithRemoteMac (ApplePlatform platform, string runtimeIdentifiers)
+		[TestCase (ApplePlatform.iOS, "ios-arm64", "Debug")]
+		[TestCase (ApplePlatform.iOS, "ios-arm64", "Release")]
+		[TestCase (ApplePlatform.iOS, "iossimulator-arm64;iossimulator-x64", "Debug")]
+		public void PluralRuntimeIdentifiersWithRemoteMac (ApplePlatform platform, string runtimeIdentifiers, string configuration)
 		{
 			var properties = AddRemoteProperties ();
-			DotNetProjectTest.PluralRuntimeIdentifiersImpl (platform, runtimeIdentifiers, properties);
+			DotNetProjectTest.PluralRuntimeIdentifiersImpl (platform, runtimeIdentifiers, properties, configuration);
 		}
 
 		static void AssertWarningsEqual (IList<string> expected, IList<string> actual, string message)