diff --git a/eng/Common.targets b/eng/Common.targets
index cb377cc3a54..bf5d7982aa2 100644
--- a/eng/Common.targets
+++ b/eng/Common.targets
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="MinVer">
-    <MinVerMinimumMajorMinor>8.0</MinVerMinimumMajorMinor>
+    <MinVerMinimumMajorMinor>8.1</MinVerMinimumMajorMinor>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="CustomizeVersions" AfterTargets="MinVer" Condition="'$(GITHUB_ACTIONS)' == 'true'">
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <FileVersion>$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(MinVerMajor)', '8')).$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(MinVerMinor)', '0')).$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(MinVerPatch)', '0')).$(GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER)</FileVersion>
+      <FileVersion>$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(MinVerMajor)', '8')).$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(MinVerMinor)', '1')).$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault('$(MinVerPatch)', '0')).$(GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER)</FileVersion>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <PropertyGroup Condition="$(GITHUB_REF.StartsWith(`refs/pull/`))">
       <PackageVersion>$(MinVerMajor).$(MinVerMinor).$(MinVerPatch)-pr.$(GITHUB_REF_NAME.Replace(`/merge`, ``)).$(GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER)</PackageVersion>
diff --git a/eng/Library.targets b/eng/Library.targets
index 93ec813ed45..cfff1c6d833 100644
--- a/eng/Library.targets
+++ b/eng/Library.targets
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="NuGet package validation">
     <EnablePackageValidation Condition="'$(EnablePackageValidation)' == ''">true</EnablePackageValidation>
+    <!-- TODO Bump to 8.1.0 once published to NuGet.org -->
     <PackageValidationBaselineVersion Condition="'$(PackageValidationBaselineVersion)' == ''">8.0.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>