diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/TemplateProjectBuildPipelineBuilder.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/TemplateProjectBuildPipelineBuilder.cs
index 712de9e327..e2d4d5faa1 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/TemplateProjectBuildPipelineBuilder.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/TemplateProjectBuildPipelineBuilder.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using NuGet.Versioning;
 using Volo.Abp.Cli.ProjectBuilding.Building.Steps;
 using Volo.Abp.Cli.ProjectBuilding.Templates.App;
 using Volo.Abp.Cli.ProjectBuilding.Templates.Microservice;
@@ -13,7 +14,11 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.Cli.ProjectBuilding.Building
             var pipeline = new ProjectBuildPipeline(context);
 
             pipeline.Steps.Add(new FileEntryListReadStep());
-            pipeline.Steps.Add(new CreateAppSettingsSecretsStep());
+
+            if (SemanticVersion.Parse(context.TemplateFile.Version) > new SemanticVersion(4, 3, 99))
+            {
+                pipeline.Steps.Add(new CreateAppSettingsSecretsStep());
+            }
 
             pipeline.Steps.AddRange(context.Template.GetCustomSteps(context));