diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems
index b5976b34..4c6a97c4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 <Project>
   <!--Import this file in projects needing to reference Microsoft.Build.*.dll -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion>17.3.2</MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion>
+    <MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion Condition=" '$(MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion)' == '' ">17.8.3</MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion>
+    <SystemSecurityCryptographyXmlVersion Condition=" '$(SystemSecurityCryptographyXmlVersion)' == '' ">7.0.1</SystemSecurityCryptographyXmlVersion>
     <LibZipSharpVersion Condition=" '$(LibZipSharpVersion)' == '' " >3.0.0</LibZipSharpVersion>
     <MonoUnixVersion>7.1.0-final.1.21458.1</MonoUnixVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework"      Version="$(MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core"     Version="$(MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="6.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="$(SystemSecurityCryptographyXmlVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="K4os.Compression.LZ4" Version="1.1.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Build.AsyncTask" Version="0.4.0" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
     <PackageReference Include="Xamarin.LibZipSharp" Version="$(LibZipSharpVersion)" GeneratePathProperty="true" />