diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 181604d932..bde033c6e3 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
          _ValidateBundledSdkFeatureVersions target (in Directory.Build.targets) fails the build if
          the two drift apart. -->
     <AspireHostingTestingVersion>13.4.6</AspireHostingTestingVersion>
-    <MicrosoftBuildVersion>17.11.48</MicrosoftBuildVersion>
+    <MicrosoftBuildVersion>18.8.2</MicrosoftBuildVersion>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion>3.11.0</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersionForTests>4.10.0</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersionForTests>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersionForSourceGen>4.8.0</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersionForSourceGen>