diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index c373c9beb..15c9d27b7 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
 
     <IsShipping>true</IsShipping>
-    <CoreSdkTargetFramework>net6.0</CoreSdkTargetFramework>
+    <CoreSdkTargetFramework>net7.0</CoreSdkTargetFramework>
 
     <!-- MSB3243 and MSB3247 fire when attempting to resolve references to the same assembly from different cultures.
          This is a prevalent problem in building the precomputed assembly reference cache. Limiting the assemblies resolved
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 23e5e2230..52401b8d8 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Dependencies>
   <ProductDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/windowsdesktop</Uri>
-      <Sha>f23104505d742906bf42ae2c3638f568299a749a</Sha>
+      <Sha>04cf16001ba3536a03f95d35a502569280192426</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.WindowsDesktop.SharedFramework.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.WindowsDesktop.SharedFramework.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/windowsdesktop</Uri>
-      <Sha>f23104505d742906bf42ae2c3638f568299a749a</Sha>
+      <Sha>04cf16001ba3536a03f95d35a502569280192426</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.WindowsDesktop.TargetingPack.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.WindowsDesktop.TargetingPack.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/windowsdesktop</Uri>
-      <Sha>f23104505d742906bf42ae2c3638f568299a749a</Sha>
+      <Sha>04cf16001ba3536a03f95d35a502569280192426</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/windowsdesktop</Uri>
-      <Sha>f23104505d742906bf42ae2c3638f568299a749a</Sha>
+      <Sha>04cf16001ba3536a03f95d35a502569280192426</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.NetCore.SharedFramework.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.NetCore.SharedFramework.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
-      <Sha>95569138572484e9e9d1292b890d83e3c121107c</Sha>
+      <Sha>9e795c014b0be513c84f96427c544bae486bb101</Sha>
       <SourceBuildTarball RepoName="runtime" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
-      <Sha>95569138572484e9e9d1292b890d83e3c121107c</Sha>
+      <Sha>9e795c014b0be513c84f96427c544bae486bb101</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.NetCore.TargetingPack.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.NetCore.TargetingPack.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
-      <Sha>95569138572484e9e9d1292b890d83e3c121107c</Sha>
+      <Sha>9e795c014b0be513c84f96427c544bae486bb101</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
-      <Sha>95569138572484e9e9d1292b890d83e3c121107c</Sha>
+      <Sha>9e795c014b0be513c84f96427c544bae486bb101</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
-      <Sha>95569138572484e9e9d1292b890d83e3c121107c</Sha>
+      <Sha>9e795c014b0be513c84f96427c544bae486bb101</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
-      <Sha>95569138572484e9e9d1292b890d83e3c121107c</Sha>
+      <Sha>9e795c014b0be513c84f96427c544bae486bb101</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <!-- Change blob version in GenerateLayout.targets if this is unpinned to service targeting pack -->
     <!-- No new netstandard.library planned for 3.1 timeframe at this time. -->
@@ -48,34 +48,34 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup</Uri>
       <Sha>7d57652f33493fa022125b7f63aad0d70c52d810</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
-      <Sha>95569138572484e9e9d1292b890d83e3c121107c</Sha>
+      <Sha>9e795c014b0be513c84f96427c544bae486bb101</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21470.28" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore</Uri>
-      <Sha>57501251222b199597b9ac16888f362a69eb13c1</Sha>
+      <Sha>0e5df998b53ca9f366244ce2cf91ee8a1e4077ba</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.Internal" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21470.28" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.Internal" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore</Uri>
-      <Sha>57501251222b199597b9ac16888f362a69eb13c1</Sha>
+      <Sha>0e5df998b53ca9f366244ce2cf91ee8a1e4077ba</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21470.28" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore</Uri>
-      <Sha>57501251222b199597b9ac16888f362a69eb13c1</Sha>
+      <Sha>0e5df998b53ca9f366244ce2cf91ee8a1e4077ba</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.AspNetCore.SharedFramework.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21470.28" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="VS.Redist.Common.AspNetCore.SharedFramework.x64.7.0" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore</Uri>
-      <Sha>57501251222b199597b9ac16888f362a69eb13c1</Sha>
+      <Sha>0e5df998b53ca9f366244ce2cf91ee8a1e4077ba</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="aspnetcore" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="dotnet-dev-certs" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21470.28" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="dotnet-dev-certs" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore</Uri>
-      <Sha>57501251222b199597b9ac16888f362a69eb13c1</Sha>
+      <Sha>0e5df998b53ca9f366244ce2cf91ee8a1e4077ba</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="dotnet-user-secrets" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21470.28" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="dotnet-user-secrets" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore</Uri>
-      <Sha>57501251222b199597b9ac16888f362a69eb13c1</Sha>
+      <Sha>0e5df998b53ca9f366244ce2cf91ee8a1e4077ba</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Test.ProjectTemplates.2.1" Version="1.0.2-beta4.21518.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/test-templates</Uri>
@@ -90,66 +90,66 @@
       <Sha>5575256de27da7c1f4b035e894fb4b2460cae07b</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="test-templates" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Common.ItemTemplates" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21463.5" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Common.ItemTemplates" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21522.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/templating</Uri>
-      <Sha>3ce436f4675aef2bdfe95903583533fe39be2d99</Sha>
+      <Sha>3749bf4a0acd877210c006cdede87482c3279533</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21463.5" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21522.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/templating</Uri>
-      <Sha>3ce436f4675aef2bdfe95903583533fe39be2d99</Sha>
+      <Sha>3749bf4a0acd877210c006cdede87482c3279533</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="templating" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21480.10">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21525.7">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/sdk</Uri>
-      <Sha>646ff96f4af13c0ccd248c433c9cf6a7135e701e</Sha>
+      <Sha>957ae5ca599fdeaee425d23928d42da711373a5e</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="sdk" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21480.10">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildSdkResolver" Version="7.0.100-alpha.1.21525.7">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/sdk</Uri>
-      <Sha>646ff96f4af13c0ccd248c433c9cf6a7135e701e</Sha>
+      <Sha>957ae5ca599fdeaee425d23928d42da711373a5e</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <!-- For coherency purposes, these versions should be gated by the versions of winforms and wpf routed via windowsdesktop -->
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Dotnet.WinForms.ProjectTemplates" Version="6.0.0-rc.2.21459.12" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Dotnet.WinForms.ProjectTemplates" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.3" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/winforms</Uri>
-      <Sha>08b8359d86475f6c5caf2e13b66fb9706e225acf</Sha>
+      <Sha>e1d1259388761b010658a715eab3fe7ab85c3c5a</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf.ProjectTemplates" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21460.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf.ProjectTemplates" Version="7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/wpf</Uri>
-      <Sha>73d862cf204ec0fa89cc12933cb9f0e6d4e23c1c</Sha>
+      <Sha>1cd70287044079a23de95a01f686773dfd945eb5</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler" Version="12.0.0-beta.21477.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler" Version="12.0.0-beta.21522.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp</Uri>
-      <Sha>470cfa0155392abb4727a32f0906c9b3d418e33d</Sha>
+      <Sha>6d626ff0752a77d339f609b4d361787dc9ca93a5</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.fsharp" Version="6.0.0-beta.21477.4" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.fsharp" Version="6.0.1-beta.21522.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp</Uri>
-      <Sha>470cfa0155392abb4727a32f0906c9b3d418e33d</Sha>
+      <Sha>6d626ff0752a77d339f609b4d361787dc9ca93a5</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="fsharp" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.0.0-release-20210908-02" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.1.0-preview-20211012-05" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/microsoft/vstest</Uri>
-      <Sha>d6f64b37c2cfee76c8b1269d688384ced30ecd21</Sha>
+      <Sha>c45cf0b3ed2e4edb47a16afd1255661b4cf5e4ca</Sha>
       <SourceBuildTarball RepoName="vstest" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks" Version="7.0.100-1.21479.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks" Version="7.0.100-1.21525.2" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/linker</Uri>
-      <Sha>640878adf1e27cb79bea0a894033f85a84db208d</Sha>
+      <Sha>7cfb14ecdf63b3a6819a89d5c05c2dd84232b246</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="linker" ManagedOnly="true" />
       <RepoName>linker</RepoName>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Net.Compilers.Toolset" Version="4.0.0-5.21479.8" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Net.Compilers.Toolset" Version="4.0.0-6.21521.3" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn</Uri>
-      <Sha>6e8bb6f10f79579866458d30abcb764d7da9df85</Sha>
+      <Sha>5b791f87f5a902491625f28e36ae66986c631f50</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="roslyn" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Build" Version="17.0.0-preview-21480-01" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Build" Version="17.1.0-preview-21522-03" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild</Uri>
-      <Sha>5805e34696afed9398bc05e2c88e9a9d4f79a4ce</Sha>
+      <Sha>808b2ae2a176679d15f8c3299e551a63cb55b799</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="msbuild" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="NuGet.Build.Tasks" Version="6.0.0-rc.258" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="NuGet.Build.Tasks" Version="6.0.0-rc.278" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/nuget/nuget.client</Uri>
-      <Sha>e685bdb6d7b4d1f3664f6542f50b84376a19341c</Sha>
+      <Sha>078701b97eeef2283c1f4605032b5bcf55a80653</Sha>
       <SourceBuildTarball RepoName="nuget-client" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.0.0">
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/emsdk</Uri>
       <Sha>9f2345b3c5f43dbf34790e21657ae1f2445cd06a</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.source-build" Version="0.1.0-alpha.1.21460.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.source-build" Version="0.1.0-alpha.1.21475.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/source-build</Uri>
-      <Sha>521935ddd14437c9fd63eababa674a511e280ee9</Sha>
+      <Sha>10d0f7e94aa45889155c312f51cfc01bf326b853</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="source-build" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
   </ProductDependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 5067469e4..f0e6e651e 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependency from https://github.com/dotnet/winforms -->
-    <MicrosoftDotnetWinFormsProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>6.0.0-rc.2.21459.12</MicrosoftDotnetWinFormsProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotnetWinFormsProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.3</MicrosoftDotnetWinFormsProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependency from https://github.com/dotnet/wpf -->
-    <MicrosoftDotNetWpfProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21460.1</MicrosoftDotNetWpfProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetWpfProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2</MicrosoftDotNetWpfProjectTemplatesPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependency from https://github.com/dotnet/templating -->
-    <MicrosoftDotNetCommonItemTemplatesPackageVersion>7.0.100-alpha.1.21463.5</MicrosoftDotNetCommonItemTemplatesPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetCommonItemTemplatesPackageVersion>7.0.100-alpha.1.21522.4</MicrosoftDotNetCommonItemTemplatesPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependency from https://github.com/dotnet/test-templates -->
@@ -45,44 +45,44 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
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-    <dotnetusersecretsPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21470.28</dotnetusersecretsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefInternalPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppRefInternalPackageVersion>
+    <VSRedistCommonAspNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17</VSRedistCommonAspNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>
+    <dotnetdevcertsPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21514.17</dotnetdevcertsPackageVersion>
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   <PropertyGroup>
     <MicroBuildCorePackageVersion>0.2.0</MicroBuildCorePackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependencies from https://github.com/dotnet/sdk -->
-    <MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>7.0.100-alpha.1.21480.10</MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetMSBuildSdkResolverPackageVersion>7.0.100-alpha.1.21480.10</MicrosoftDotNetMSBuildSdkResolverPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>7.0.100-alpha.1.21525.7</MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetMSBuildSdkResolverPackageVersion>7.0.100-alpha.1.21525.7</MicrosoftDotNetMSBuildSdkResolverPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETBuildExtensionsPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion)</MicrosoftNETBuildExtensionsPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotnetToolsetInternalPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion)</MicrosoftDotnetToolsetInternalPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotnetTemplateLocatorPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion)</MicrosoftDotnetTemplateLocatorPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependencies from https://github.com/dotnet/corefx -->
-    <MicrosoftNETCorePlatformsPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1</MicrosoftNETCorePlatformsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCorePlatformsPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4</MicrosoftNETCorePlatformsPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependencies from https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup -->
-    <VSRedistCommonNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1</VSRedistCommonNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>
-    <VSRedistCommonNetCoreTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1</VSRedistCommonNetCoreTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1</MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppHostwinx64PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1</MicrosoftNETCoreAppHostwinx64PackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1</MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostResolverPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21480.1</MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostResolverPackageVersion>
+    <VSRedistCommonNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4</VSRedistCommonNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>
+    <VSRedistCommonNetCoreTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4</VSRedistCommonNetCoreTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4</MicrosoftNETCoreAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppHostwinx64PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4</MicrosoftNETCoreAppHostwinx64PackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4</MicrosoftNETCoreAppRefPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostResolverPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21524.4</MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostResolverPackageVersion>
     <NETStandardLibraryRefPackageVersion>2.1.0</NETStandardLibraryRefPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Dependencies from https://github.com/dotnet/windowsdesktop -->
-    <VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1</VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>
-    <VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1</VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1</MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRefPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21474.1</MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRefPackageVersion>
+    <VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2</VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion>
+    <VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2</VSRedistCommonWindowsDesktopTargetingPackx6470PackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2</MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRuntimewinx64PackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRefPackageVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.21525.2</MicrosoftWindowsDesktopAppRefPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Runtime and Apphost pack versions are the same for all RIDs. We flow the x64    -->
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionToolsVersion>2.2.0-beta.19072.10</VersionToolsVersion>
     <DotnetDebToolVersion>2.0.0</DotnetDebToolVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>17.0.0-release-20210908-02</MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>17.1.0-preview-20211012-05</MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- dependencies for source-build tarball -->
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 436662d59..2910d2fc8 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "tools": {
-    "dotnet": "7.0.100-alpha.1.21457.7",
+    "dotnet": "7.0.100-alpha.1.21518.14",
     "runtimes": {
       "dotnet": [
         "$(VSRedistCommonNetCoreSharedFrameworkx6470PackageVersion)"
diff --git a/test/SdkTests/SdkTests.csproj b/test/SdkTests/SdkTests.csproj
index 7260807b9..90df9ccb2 100644
--- a/test/SdkTests/SdkTests.csproj
+++ b/test/SdkTests/SdkTests.csproj
@@ -220,14 +220,14 @@
       <ToolRunPrefix>$(ToolRunPrefix)unset DOTNET_INSTALLDIR &amp;&amp; </ToolRunPrefix>
     </PropertyGroup>
     
-    <Exec Command="$(ToolRunPrefix)dotnet new tool-manifest"
+    <Exec Command="$(ToolRunPrefix)$(RedistLayoutPath)dotnet new tool-manifest"
       WorkingDirectory="$(TestLocalToolFolder)"
       EnvironmentVariables="DOTNET_CLI_HOME=$(DOTNET_CLI_HOME)"/>
 
     <PropertyGroup>
       <SdkTestPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion)</SdkTestPackageVersion>
       
-      <InstallToolCommand>dotnet tool install --local $(ToolCommandName)</InstallToolCommand>
+      <InstallToolCommand>$(RedistLayoutPath)dotnet tool install --local $(ToolCommandName)</InstallToolCommand>
       <InstallToolCommand>$(InstallToolCommand) --version $(SdkTestPackageVersion)</InstallToolCommand>
     </PropertyGroup>
     
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
       <TestArgs>$(TestArgs) -testConfigFile "$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)TestsToSkipPortableLinux.xml"</TestArgs>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <Exec Command="$(ToolRunPrefix)dotnet tool run $(ToolCommandName) -- $(TestArgs)"
+    <Exec Command="$(ToolRunPrefix)$(RedistLayoutPath)dotnet tool run $(ToolCommandName) -- $(TestArgs)"
           WorkingDirectory="$(TestLocalToolFolder)"
           EnvironmentVariables="DOTNET_CLI_HOME=$(DOTNET_CLI_HOME)"/>
   </Target>