diff --git a/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/Publishing/AzurePublisher.cs b/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/Publishing/AzurePublisher.cs
index b9e17e09a..ff102bf0d 100644
--- a/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/Publishing/AzurePublisher.cs
+++ b/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/Publishing/AzurePublisher.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
         {
             string url = CalculateRelativePathForFile(file, product, version);
             CloudBlockBlob blob = _blobContainer.GetBlockBlobReference(url);
-            blob.UploadFromFileAsync(file, FileMode.Open).Wait();
+            blob.UploadFromFileAsync(file).Wait();
             SetBlobPropertiesBasedOnFileType(blob);
             return url;
         }
diff --git a/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/shared-build-targets-utils.csproj b/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/shared-build-targets-utils.csproj
index 843cc3163..e714a0b50 100644
--- a/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/shared-build-targets-utils.csproj
+++ b/build_projects/shared-build-targets-utils/shared-build-targets-utils.csproj
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives">
       <Version>4.1.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Thread">
+      <Version>4.0.0</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Xml.XmlSerializer">
       <Version>4.0.11</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="WindowsAzure.Storage">
-      <Version>6.2.2-preview</Version>
+      <Version>7.2.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions">
       <Version>1.0.1-beta-000933</Version>