diff --git a/src/core-sdk-tasks/core-sdk-tasks.csproj b/src/core-sdk-tasks/core-sdk-tasks.csproj
index 5e27dde4e..13f485425 100644
--- a/src/core-sdk-tasks/core-sdk-tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/core-sdk-tasks/core-sdk-tasks.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Versioning" Version="$(NuGetBuildTasksPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Packaging" Version="$(NuGetBuildTasksPackageVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="7.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="9.3.3" Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
   </ItemGroup>