diff --git a/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs b/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs
index a10692bed..7b043258d 100644
--- a/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs
+++ b/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Scripts
 
         private static IEnumerable<IDependencyUpdater> GetUpdaters()
         {
-            yield return CreateRegexUpdater(@"build\Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props", "CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion", "Microsoft.NETCore.App");
+            yield return CreateRegexUpdater(Path.Combine("build", "Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props"), "CLI_SharedFrameworkVersion", "Microsoft.NETCore.App");
         }
 
         private static IDependencyUpdater CreateRegexUpdater(string repoRelativePath, string propertyName, string packageId)
diff --git a/build_projects/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.ps1 b/build_projects/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.ps1
index fbddb081f..4b1c0ce19 100644
--- a/build_projects/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.ps1
+++ b/build_projects/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.ps1
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
 #
 
 param(
-    [switch]$Help)
+    [switch]$Help,
+    [switch]$Update)
 
 if($Help)
 {
     Write-Host "Usage: .\update-dependencies.ps1"
     Write-Host ""
     Write-Host "Options:"
-    Write-Host "  -Help                              Display this help message"
+    Write-Host "  -Help                 Display this help message"
+    Write-Host "  -Update               Update dependencies (but don't open a PR)"
     exit 0
 }
 
@@ -19,6 +21,12 @@ $Architecture='x64'
 
 $RepoRoot = "$PSScriptRoot\..\.."
 $ProjectPath = "$PSScriptRoot\update-dependencies.csproj"
+$ProjectArgs = ""
+
+if ($Update)
+{
+    $ProjectArgs = "--Update"
+}
 
 # Use a repo-local install directory (but not the artifacts directory because that gets cleaned a lot
 if (!$env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR)
@@ -34,6 +42,11 @@ if($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed to install stage0" }
 # Put the stage0 on the path
 $env:PATH = "$env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR;$env:PATH"
 
+# Generate some props files that are imported by update-dependencies
+Write-Host "Generating property files..."
+dotnet msbuild $RepoRoot\build.proj /p:Architecture=$Architecture /p:GeneratingPropsFile=true /t:WriteDynamicPropsToStaticPropsFiles
+if($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed to generate intermidates" }
+
 # Restore the app
 Write-Host "Restoring $ProjectPath..."
 dotnet restore "$ProjectPath"
@@ -41,5 +54,5 @@ if($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed to restore" }
 
 # Run the app
 Write-Host "Invoking App $ProjectPath..."
-dotnet run -p "$ProjectPath"
+dotnet run -p "$ProjectPath" "$ProjectArgs"
 if($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Build failed" }
diff --git a/build_projects/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.sh b/build_projects/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..66faccf9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_projects/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+  [[ "$SOURCE" != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+
+REPO_ROOT="$DIR/../.."
+PROJECT_PATH="$DIR/update-dependencies.csproj"
+
+# Some things depend on HOME and it may not be set. We should fix those things, but until then, we just patch a value in
+if [ -z "${HOME:-}" ]; then
+    export HOME=$REPO_ROOT/artifacts/home
+
+    [ ! -d "$HOME" ] || rm -Rf "$HOME"
+    mkdir -p "$HOME"
+fi
+
+# Use a repo-local install directory (but not the artifacts directory because that gets cleaned a lot)
+if [ -z "${DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR:-}" ]; then
+   export DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR=$REPO_ROOT/.dotnet_stage0/x64
+fi
+
+# Install a stage 0
+echo "Installing .NET Core CLI Stage 0"
+$REPO_ROOT/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh -Channel master -Architecture x64
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to install stage 0"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Put the stage 0 on the path
+export PATH=$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR:$PATH
+
+# Generate some props files that are imported by update-dependencies
+echo "Generating property files..."
+dotnet msbuild "$REPO_ROOT/build.proj" /p:Architecture=x64 /p:GeneratingPropsFile=true /t:WriteDynamicPropsToStaticPropsFiles
+
+echo "Resotring $PROJECT_PATH..."
+dotnet restore "$PROJECT_PATH"
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to restore"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Invoking App $PROJECT_PATH..."
+dotnet run -p "$PROJECT_PATH" $@
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Build failed"
+    exit 1
+fi