diff --git a/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/aad/utility/aadManifestHelper.ts b/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/aad/utility/aadManifestHelper.ts
index db9205f5881..63679957979 100644
--- a/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/aad/utility/aadManifestHelper.ts
+++ b/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/aad/utility/aadManifestHelper.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import { getLocalizedString } from "../../../../common/localizeUtils";
 import { err, FxError, ok, Result } from "@microsoft/teamsfx-api";
 import { FileNotFoundError, UserCancelError } from "../../../../error";
 import fs from "fs-extra";
-import { parseDocument } from "yaml";
-import { MetadataV3 } from "../../../../common/versionMetadata";
-import path from "path";
+import { updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile } from "../../util/utils";
 
 const componentName = "AadManifestHelper";
 
@@ -385,32 +383,7 @@ export class AadManifestHelper {
       false
     );
 
-    await AadManifestHelper.updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile(projectPath);
+    await updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile(projectPath);
     return ok(undefined);
   }
-
-  public static async updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile(projectPath: string): Promise<void> {
-    const allPossilbeYamlFileNames = [
-      MetadataV3.localConfigFile,
-      MetadataV3.configFile,
-      MetadataV3.testToolConfigFile,
-    ];
-    for (const yamlFileName of allPossilbeYamlFileNames) {
-      const ymlPath = path.join(projectPath, yamlFileName);
-      if (await fs.pathExists(ymlPath)) {
-        const ymlContent = await fs.readFile(ymlPath, "utf-8");
-        const document = parseDocument(ymlContent);
-        const version = document.get("version") as string;
-        if (version <= "v1.7") {
-          document.set("version", "v1.8");
-          const docContent = document.toString();
-          const updatedContent = docContent.replace(
-            /(yaml-language-server:\s*\$schema=https:\/\/aka\.ms\/teams-toolkit\/)v\d+\.\d+(\/yaml\.schema\.json)/,
-            "$1v1.8$2"
-          );
-          await fs.writeFile(ymlPath, updatedContent, "utf8");
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/teamsApp/createAppPackage.ts b/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/teamsApp/createAppPackage.ts
index 11d499b7ef0..38f7a8bb008 100644
--- a/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/teamsApp/createAppPackage.ts
+++ b/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/teamsApp/createAppPackage.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { copilotGptManifestUtils } from "./utils/CopilotGptManifestUtils";
 import { ManifestType } from "../../utils/envFunctionUtils";
 import { getAbsolutePath } from "../../utils/common";
 import { featureFlagManager, FeatureFlags } from "../../../common/featureFlags";
+import { updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile } from "../util/utils";
 
 export const actionName = "teamsApp/zipAppPackage";
 
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ export class CreateAppPackageDriver implements StepDriver {
     let tempFolder: string | undefined;
 
     if (containExternalAdaptiveCard) {
+      await updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile(context.projectPath);
       tempFolder = path.join(appDirectory, ".tmp");
       await fs.ensureDir(tempFolder);
       tmpPluginFile = path.join(tempFolder, `tmp-ai-plugin-${uuid.v4().slice(0, 6)}.json`);
diff --git a/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/util/utils.ts b/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/util/utils.ts
index 1aaeba4ae63..1782c1a5377 100644
--- a/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/util/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/fx-core/src/component/driver/util/utils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 import { Inputs } from "@microsoft/teamsfx-api";
 import { DriverContext } from "../interface/commonArgs";
 import { TOOLS } from "../../../common/globalVars";
+import { MetadataV3 } from "../../../common/versionMetadata";
+import path from "path";
+import { parseDocument } from "yaml";
+import fs from "fs-extra";
 
 // Needs to validate the parameters outside of the function
 export function loadStateFromEnv(
@@ -44,3 +48,28 @@ export function createDriverContext(inputs: Inputs): DriverContext {
   };
   return driverContext;
 }
+
+export async function updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile(projectPath: string): Promise<void> {
+  const allPossilbeYamlFileNames = [
+    MetadataV3.localConfigFile,
+    MetadataV3.configFile,
+    MetadataV3.testToolConfigFile,
+  ];
+  for (const yamlFileName of allPossilbeYamlFileNames) {
+    const ymlPath = path.join(projectPath, yamlFileName);
+    if (await fs.pathExists(ymlPath)) {
+      const ymlContent = await fs.readFile(ymlPath, "utf-8");
+      const document = parseDocument(ymlContent);
+      const version = document.get("version") as string;
+      if (version <= "v1.7") {
+        document.set("version", "v1.8");
+        const docContent = document.toString();
+        const updatedContent = docContent.replace(
+          /(yaml-language-server:\s*\$schema=https:\/\/aka\.ms\/teams-toolkit\/)v\d+\.\d+(\/yaml\.schema\.json)/,
+          "$1v1.8$2"
+        );
+        await fs.writeFile(ymlPath, updatedContent, "utf8");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/aad/aadManifestHelper.test.ts b/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/aad/aadManifestHelper.test.ts
index 623552545bf..6a1fc68bb68 100644
--- a/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/aad/aadManifestHelper.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/aad/aadManifestHelper.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import * as chai from "chai";
 import { AadManifestHelper } from "../../../../src/component/driver/aad/utility/aadManifestHelper";
 import { AadManifestErrorMessage } from "../../../../src/component/driver/aad/error/aadManifestError";
 import { AADManifest } from "../../../../src/component/driver/aad/interface/AADManifest";
-import { AADApplication } from "../../../../src/component/driver/aad/interface/AADApplication";
 import * as sinon from "sinon";
 import { MockTools } from "../../../core/utils";
 import { setTools, TOOLS } from "../../../../src/common/globalVars";
@@ -106,40 +105,6 @@ describe("Microsoft Entra manifest helper Test", () => {
     await AadManifestHelper.showWarningIfManifestIsOutdated("fake-path", "fake-project-path");
   });
 
-  it("updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile should works fine", async () => {
-    const teamsAppYaml = "version: v1.7";
-    const expectedTeamsAppYaml = "version: v1.8";
-
-    sinon.stub(fs, "pathExists").resolves(true);
-    sinon.stub(fs, "readFile").resolves(teamsAppYaml as any);
-    const writeFileStub = sinon.stub(fs, "writeFile");
-
-    await AadManifestHelper.updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile("fake-project-path");
-
-    const writtenContent = writeFileStub.getCall(0).args[1];
-    chai.assert.isTrue(writtenContent.includes(expectedTeamsAppYaml));
-  });
-
-  it("updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile should works fine when yaml contains schema url", async () => {
-    const teamsAppYaml = `# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/teams-toolkit/v1.7/yaml.schema.json
-# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-v5.0-guide for details on this file
-# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-actions for details on actions
-version: v1.7`;
-    const expectedTeamsAppYaml = `# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/teams-toolkit/v1.8/yaml.schema.json
-# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-v5.0-guide for details on this file
-# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-actions for details on actions
-version: v1.8`;
-
-    sinon.stub(fs, "pathExists").resolves(true);
-    sinon.stub(fs, "readFile").resolves(teamsAppYaml as any);
-    const writeFileStub = sinon.stub(fs, "writeFile");
-
-    await AadManifestHelper.updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile("fake-project-path");
-
-    const writtenContent = writeFileStub.getCall(0).args[1];
-    chai.assert.isTrue(writtenContent.includes(expectedTeamsAppYaml));
-  });
-
   it("processRequiredResourceAccessInManifest with id", async () => {
     const manifestWithId: any = {
       requiredResourceAccess: [
diff --git a/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/util/utils.test.ts b/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/util/utils.test.ts
index c6a6e705015..919df9bf275 100644
--- a/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/util/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fx-core/tests/component/driver/util/utils.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 
 import "mocha";
 import mockedEnv, { RestoreFn } from "mocked-env";
-import { loadStateFromEnv, mapStateToEnv } from "../../../../src/component/driver/util/utils";
+import {
+  loadStateFromEnv,
+  mapStateToEnv,
+  updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile,
+} from "../../../../src/component/driver/util/utils";
+import fs from "fs-extra";
 import { expect } from "chai";
+import sinon from "sinon";
 
 describe("loadStateFromEnv", () => {
   let envRestore: RestoreFn | undefined;
@@ -105,3 +111,43 @@ describe("mapStateToEnv", async () => {
     expect(result.get("ENV_A")).to.equal("ENV_A value");
   });
 });
+
+describe("updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile", async () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sinon.restore();
+  });
+  it("updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile should works fine", async () => {
+    const teamsAppYaml = "version: v1.7";
+    const expectedTeamsAppYaml = "version: v1.8";
+
+    sinon.stub(fs, "pathExists").resolves(true);
+    sinon.stub(fs, "readFile").resolves(teamsAppYaml as any);
+    const writeFileStub = sinon.stub(fs, "writeFile");
+
+    await updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile("fake-project-path");
+
+    const writtenContent = writeFileStub.getCall(0).args[1];
+    // use epect instead
+    expect(writtenContent).to.include(expectedTeamsAppYaml);
+  });
+
+  it("updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile should works fine when yaml contains schema url", async () => {
+    const teamsAppYaml = `# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/teams-toolkit/v1.7/yaml.schema.json
+# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-v5.0-guide for details on this file
+# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-actions for details on actions
+version: v1.7`;
+    const expectedTeamsAppYaml = `# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/teams-toolkit/v1.8/yaml.schema.json
+# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-v5.0-guide for details on this file
+# Visit https://aka.ms/teamsfx-actions for details on actions
+version: v1.8`;
+
+    sinon.stub(fs, "pathExists").resolves(true);
+    sinon.stub(fs, "readFile").resolves(teamsAppYaml as any);
+    const writeFileStub = sinon.stub(fs, "writeFile");
+
+    await updateVersionForTeamsAppYamlFile("fake-project-path");
+
+    const writtenContent = writeFileStub.getCall(0).args[1];
+    expect(writtenContent).to.include(expectedTeamsAppYaml);
+  });
+});