diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.XPlat/UsageReport/WriteUsageBurndownData.cs b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.XPlat/UsageReport/WriteUsageBurndownData.cs
index ab40fa590..2a6d00863 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.XPlat/UsageReport/WriteUsageBurndownData.cs
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.XPlat/UsageReport/WriteUsageBurndownData.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Task = Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task;
@@ -43,7 +44,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.UsageReport
         [Required]
         public string OutputFilePath { get; set; }
 
-        public override bool Execute()
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  Sends HTTP requests and receives HTTP responses.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly HttpClient client = new();
+
+        public override bool Execute() => ExecuteAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+        private async Task<bool> ExecuteAsync()
         {
             string baselineRelativeFileName = PrebuiltBaselineFile.Replace(RootDirectory, "");
             string gitLogCommand = $"log --first-parent --pretty=format:%H,%f,%ci -- {PrebuiltBaselineFile}";
@@ -51,22 +59,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.UsageReport
             DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;
             Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.High, "Generating summary usage burndown data...");
 
-            ParallelQuery<string> data = ExecuteGitCommand(RootDirectory, gitLogCommand).AsParallel().Select(commitLine =>
-            {
-                var splitLine = commitLine.Split(',');
-                var commit = new Commit()
+
+            IEnumerable<Task<Commit>> getCommitTasks = ExecuteGitCommand(RootDirectory, gitLogCommand)
+                .Select(async commitLine =>
                 {
-                    Sha = splitLine[0],
-                    Title = splitLine[1],
-                    CommitDate = DateTime.Parse(splitLine[2])
-                };
-                string fileContents = GetFileContents(baselineRelativeFileName, commit.Sha);
-                Usage[] usages = UsageData.Parse(XElement.Parse(fileContents)).Usages.NullAsEmpty().ToArray();
-                commit.PackageVersionCount = usages.Count();
-                commit.PackageCount = usages.GroupBy(i => i.PackageIdentity.Id).Select(grp => grp.First()).Count();
-                return commit;
-            })
-            .Select(c => c.ToString());
+                    var splitLine = commitLine.Split(',');
+                    var commit = new Commit()
+                    {
+                        Sha = splitLine[0],
+                        Title = splitLine[1],
+                        CommitDate = DateTime.Parse(splitLine[2])
+                    };
+                    string fileContents = await GetFileContentsAsync(baselineRelativeFileName, commit.Sha);
+                    Usage[] usages = UsageData.Parse(XElement.Parse(fileContents)).Usages.NullAsEmpty().ToArray();
+                    commit.PackageVersionCount = usages.Count();
+                    commit.PackageCount = usages.GroupBy(i => i.PackageIdentity.Id).Select(grp => grp.First()).Count();
+                    return commit;
+                });
+
+            Commit[] commits = await System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WhenAll(getCommitTasks);
+            IEnumerable<string> data = commits.Select(c => c.ToString());
     
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(OutputFilePath));
 
@@ -85,12 +97,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.UsageReport
         /// <param name="relativeFilePath">The relative path (from the git root) to the file.</param>
         /// <param name="commitSha">The commit sha for the version of the file to get.</param>
         /// <returns>The contents of the specified file.</returns>
-        private string GetFileContents(string relativeFilePath, string commitSha)
-        {
-            WebClient client = new WebClient();
-            var xmlString = client.DownloadString($"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/source-build/{commitSha}/{relativeFilePath.Replace('\\', '/')}");
-            return xmlString;
-        }
+        private Task<string> GetFileContentsAsync(string relativeFilePath, string commitSha) => 
+            client.GetStringAsync($"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/source-build/{commitSha}/{relativeFilePath.Replace('\\', '/')}");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Executes a git command and returns the result.