diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 25ae62ed695e6..eeaf0866507d5 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
       <Sha>205ef031e0fe5152dede0bd9f99d0f6f9e7f1e45</Sha>
     </Dependency>
+    <Dependency Name="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="9.0.0-alpha.1.24072.1">
+      <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
+      <Sha>205ef031e0fe5152dede0bd9f99d0f6f9e7f1e45</Sha>
+    </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Common" Version="9.0.0-prerelease.24077.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/xharness</Uri>
       <Sha>f49b5c0db06528a9580686a5b63b0e5b4aba566b</Sha>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 5059a9ffd4ad8..6218299c54291 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@
     <SystemDrawingCommonVersion>8.0.0</SystemDrawingCommonVersion>
     <SystemIOFileSystemAccessControlVersion>5.0.0</SystemIOFileSystemAccessControlVersion>
     <SystemMemoryVersion>4.5.5</SystemMemoryVersion>
-    <SystemReflectionMetadataVersion>7.0.0</SystemReflectionMetadataVersion>
+    <SystemReflectionMetadataVersion>9.0.0-alpha.1.24072.1</SystemReflectionMetadataVersion>
+    <!-- Keep toolset versions in sync with dotnet/msbuild and dotnet/sdk -->
+    <SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion>7.0.0</SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion>
     <SystemReflectionMetadataLoadContextVersion>7.0.0</SystemReflectionMetadataLoadContextVersion>
     <SystemSecurityAccessControlVersion>6.0.0</SystemSecurityAccessControlVersion>
     <SystemSecurityCryptographyCngVersion>5.0.0</SystemSecurityCryptographyCngVersion>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
index 742bc1b0f0be7..f8d85c1da3e02 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.csproj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/installer/managed/Microsoft.NET.HostModel/Microsoft.NET.HostModel.csproj b/src/installer/managed/Microsoft.NET.HostModel/Microsoft.NET.HostModel.csproj
index cdd3751e3c289..4b2f49ec43568 100644
--- a/src/installer/managed/Microsoft.NET.HostModel/Microsoft.NET.HostModel.csproj
+++ b/src/installer/managed/Microsoft.NET.HostModel/Microsoft.NET.HostModel.csproj
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- we need to keep the version of System.Reflection.Metadata in sync with dotnet/msbuild and dotnet/sdk -->
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj b/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj
index e9ecbe2c5b195..32a0203583ddb 100644
--- a/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="MonoAOTCompiler.cs" />
diff --git a/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil.csproj b/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil.csproj
index d09ae4a569a59..362805f31bce5 100644
--- a/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil/Microsoft.NET.WebAssembly.Webcil.csproj
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- we need to keep the version of System.Reflection.Metadata in sync with dotnet/msbuild and dotnet/sdk -->
     <PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="$(SystemMemoryVersion)" /> 
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="$(SystemCollectionsImmutableVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/MonoTargetsTasks/MonoTargetsTasks.csproj b/src/tasks/MonoTargetsTasks/MonoTargetsTasks.csproj
index 21861ede49281..1d347799e3420 100644
--- a/src/tasks/MonoTargetsTasks/MonoTargetsTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/MonoTargetsTasks/MonoTargetsTasks.csproj
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)'">
     <!-- On .NET Framework, make sure we don't include a copy of the MSBuild assemblies with the task. The NETCore version doesn't do it already. -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" IncludeAssets="compile" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion)" IncludeAssets="compile" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <!-- These versions should not be newer than what Visual Studio MSBuild uses -->
     <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="$(SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsVersion)" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="$(SystemCollectionsImmutableVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj b/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
index 0b663a993a57d..37298685d405c 100644
--- a/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion)" />
-    <!-- FIXME: is this the correct version of SRM to use when building for .NET Framework? -->
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="$(SystemCollectionsImmutableVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj b/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj
index 98c370fdfedb1..fee44e8622b82 100644
--- a/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Build" />
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
index 7e1bbd4d9ddad..c7bda095b5b2b 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/ILLink.Tasks/ILLink.Tasks.csproj
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Cecil" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetCecilVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCoreVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataVersion)" Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="$(SystemReflectionMetadataToolsetVersion)" Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>