diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/Directory.Packages.props b/src/SourceBuild/content/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..398641fa5b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>true</CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>
+    <!-- Using multiple feeds isn't supported by Maestro: https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/issues/14155. -->
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1507</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Command-line-api dependencies -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.CommandLine" Version="$(SystemCommandLineVersion)" />
+    <!-- MSBuild dependencies -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
+    <!-- Runtime dependencies -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileSystemGlobbingVersion)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConsoleVersion)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/BinaryToolKit/BinaryToolKit.csproj b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/BinaryToolKit/BinaryToolKit.csproj
index 4e2cce7bfd6c..fa8d420c10c1 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/BinaryToolKit/BinaryToolKit.csproj
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/BinaryToolKit/BinaryToolKit.csproj
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
   <Import Project="$(CustomPackageVersionsProps)" Condition="'$(CustomPackageVersionsProps)' != ''" />
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileSystemGlobbingVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConsoleVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.CommandLine" Version="$(SystemCommandLineVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.CommandLine" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection.csproj b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection.csproj
index e37a947e1943..5eb9d5fcda91 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection.csproj
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection/Microsoft.DotNet.SourceBuild.Tasks.LeakDetection.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj
index 212ab9967af9..7e0cd3a59761 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.MSBuildSdkResolver.csproj
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <UnifiedBuildMSBuildSdkResolverManifestPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(VSMSBuildSdkResolversDir)', '$(MSBuildProjectName)', '$(MSBuildProjectName).xml'))</UnifiedBuildMSBuildSdkResolverManifestPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Target Name="InstallResolver" BeforeTargets="PrepareForRun">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <UnifiedBuildMSBuildSdkResolverManifestPath>$([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(VSMSBuildSdkResolversDir)', '$(MSBuildProjectName)', '$(MSBuildProjectName).xml'))</UnifiedBuildMSBuildSdkResolverManifestPath>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
     <WriteLinesToFile
       File="$(UnifiedBuildMSBuildSdkResolverManifestPath)"
       Lines="&lt;SdkResolver&gt;&lt;Path&gt;$(TargetPath)&lt;/Path&gt;&lt;/SdkResolver&gt;"
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks.csproj b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks.csproj
index 5486678007fe..63880f2020cf 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/eng/tools/tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tasks.csproj
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Build.props
index ae5a2637d3e5..d88986f1edf8 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,9 +2,5 @@
 
   <!-- This is an empty Directory.Build.props file to prevent projects which reside
        under this directory to use any of the repository local settings. -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <ImportDirectoryPackagesProps>false</ImportDirectoryPackagesProps>
-    <ImportDirectoryBuildTargets>false</ImportDirectoryBuildTargets>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Build.targets b/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Build.targets
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e594c6ed93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <!-- This is an empty Directory.Build.targets file to prevent projects which reside
+       under this directory to use any of the repository local settings. -->
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Packages.props b/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10c05fd99a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/src/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <!-- This is an empty Directory.Packages.props file to prevent projects which reside
+       under this directory to use any of the repository local settings. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>false</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/content/test/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests.csproj b/src/SourceBuild/content/test/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests.csproj
index efeaf1159889..1b0aae5dea0f 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/content/test/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/content/test/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.UnifiedBuild.Tests.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsFileSystemGlobbingVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>