diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 75e62c214..95d62c2e7 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -195,18 +195,18 @@
     </Dependency>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23120.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23123.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>c4a85adbff520f62bfade7a6132f471506c3d35a</Sha>
+      <Sha>39952f0f2dbd76699158d5f84fc3644602ad08c9</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="arcade" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.CMake.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23120.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.CMake.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23123.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>c4a85adbff520f62bfade7a6132f471506c3d35a</Sha>
+      <Sha>39952f0f2dbd76699158d5f84fc3644602ad08c9</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Installers" Version="8.0.0-beta.23120.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Installers" Version="8.0.0-beta.23123.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>c4a85adbff520f62bfade7a6132f471506c3d35a</Sha>
+      <Sha>39952f0f2dbd76699158d5f84fc3644602ad08c9</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Darc" Version="1.1.0-beta.23116.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade-services</Uri>
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@
       <Sha>71ff04ed77c685b62f0b377ccdd4c17b8b6c15e6</Sha>
       <SourceBuildTarball RepoName="source-build-reference-packages" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.2.0-beta-23117-02" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.2.0-beta-23121-02" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/sourcelink</Uri>
-      <Sha>955e79b0b955a9f57078b2399a782fcde44a9261</Sha>
+      <Sha>401652e13a35e7f139d0df71ef75a7a737272959</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="sourcelink" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XliffTasks" Version="1.0.0-beta.23116.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XliffTasks" Version="1.0.0-beta.23121.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/xliff-tasks</Uri>
-      <Sha>69157952aba0f08738249af4454b045b553614c4</Sha>
+      <Sha>c92d29d251f88bc3a9fa958efaad048bdabbf8a9</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="xliff-tasks" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 58e882e12..95bcd747d 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependency from https://github.com/dotnet/arcade -->
-    <MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksInstallersPackageVersion>8.0.0-beta.23120.1</MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksInstallersPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksInstallersPackageVersion>8.0.0-beta.23123.2</MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksInstallersPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependency from https://github.com/dotnet/arcade-services -->
diff --git a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
index ffaa88eb0..f027af759 100755
--- a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
+++ b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
@@ -260,25 +260,40 @@ while :; do
             ;;
         jessie) # Debian 8
             __CodeName=jessie
-            __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+
+            if [[ -z "$__UbuntuRepo" ]]; then
+                __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+            fi
             ;;
         stretch) # Debian 9
             __CodeName=stretch
-            __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
             __LLDB_Package="liblldb-6.0-dev"
+
+            if [[ -z "$__UbuntuRepo" ]]; then
+                __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+            fi
             ;;
         buster) # Debian 10
             __CodeName=buster
-            __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
             __LLDB_Package="liblldb-6.0-dev"
+
+            if [[ -z "$__UbuntuRepo" ]]; then
+                __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+            fi
             ;;
         bullseye) # Debian 11
             __CodeName=bullseye
-            __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+
+            if [[ -z "$__UbuntuRepo" ]]; then
+                __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+            fi
             ;;
         sid) # Debian sid
             __CodeName=sid
-            __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+
+            if [[ -z "$__UbuntuRepo" ]]; then
+                __UbuntuRepo="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+            fi
             ;;
         tizen)
             __CodeName=
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml b/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
index 61914a1fb..b214a31db 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
     # handle key-value variable syntax.
     # example:
     # - [key]: [value]
-    - ${{ if and(eq(variable.name, ''), eq(variable.group, '')) }}:
+    - ${{ if and(eq(variable.name, ''), eq(variable.group, ''), eq(variable.template, '')) }}:
       - ${{ each pair in variable }}:
         - name: ${{ pair.key }}
           value: ${{ pair.value }}
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index e48079a73..f70c64842 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "tools": {
-    "dotnet": "8.0.100-alpha.1.23061.8",
+    "dotnet": "8.0.100-preview.1.23115.2",
     "runtimes": {
       "dotnet": [
         "$(VSRedistCommonNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6480PackageVersion)"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "cmake": "3.21.0"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23120.1",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.CMake.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23120.1"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23123.2",
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.CMake.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23123.2"
   }
 }