diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/JobSender.Tests/Payloads/AdHocPayloadTests.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/JobSender.Tests/Payloads/AdHocPayloadTests.cs
index c45fa8b1bc1..2b6dd76479e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/JobSender.Tests/Payloads/AdHocPayloadTests.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/JobSender.Tests/Payloads/AdHocPayloadTests.cs
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ public class AdHocPayloadTests
         public void MultipleFilesWithSameNameAreRefused()
         {
             var exception = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => new AdhocPayload(new[] { "a/b.txt", "a/c.txt", "d/b.txt" }));
-            Assert.Equal($"Names of files to upload have to be distinct. The following name repeats at least once: b.txt{Environment.NewLine}Parameter name: files", exception.Message);
+            Assert.StartsWith("Names of files to upload have to be distinct. The following name repeats at least once: b.txt", exception.Message);
+            Assert.Equal("files", exception.ParamName);
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void MultipleFilesWithNamesSameUpToCaseAreStillRefused()
         {
             var exception = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => new AdhocPayload(new[] { "a/B.txt", "a/c.txt", "d/b.txt" }));
-            Assert.Equal($"Names of files to upload have to be distinct. The following name repeats at least once: b.txt{Environment.NewLine}Parameter name: files", exception.Message);
+            Assert.StartsWith("Names of files to upload have to be distinct. The following name repeats at least once: b.txt", exception.Message);
+            Assert.Equal("files", exception.ParamName);
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/CreateXUnitWorkItems.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/CreateXUnitWorkItems.cs
index 060499363cb..4754e2361dc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/CreateXUnitWorkItems.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/CreateXUnitWorkItems.cs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ private async Task<ITaskItem> PrepareWorkItem(ITaskItem xunitProject)
 
                 Log.LogMessage($"Adding runtimeconfig and depsfile parameters for assembly {assemblyBaseName}.");
                 driver +=
-                    $"--runtimeconfig {assemblyBaseName}.runtimeconfig.json --depsfile {assemblyBaseName}.deps.json ";
+                    $"--roll-forward Major --runtimeconfig {assemblyBaseName}.runtimeconfig.json --depsfile {assemblyBaseName}.deps.json ";
             }
 
             string command = $"{driver}{xUnitRunner} {assemblyName}{(XUnitArguments != null ? " " + XUnitArguments : "")} -xml testResults.xml {arguments}";
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk.props b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk.props
index 13ab7424e5c..46a5001a2ad 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk.props
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.NETCoreSdk.BundledVersions.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.NETCoreSdk.BundledVersions.props')" />
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MicrosoftDotNetHelixSdkTasksAssembly)' == ''">
     <MicrosoftDotNetHelixSdkTasksAssembly Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)netcoreapp2.1/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk.dll</MicrosoftDotNetHelixSdkTasksAssembly>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.props b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.props
index 9c5ac4a6e46..f7b85f6c365 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.props
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Helix/Sdk/tools/dotnet-cli/DotNetCli.props
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IncludeDotNetCli Condition=" '$(IncludeDotNetCli)' != 'true' ">false</IncludeDotNetCli>
     <DotNetCliPackageType Condition=" '$(DotNetCliPackageType)' == '' ">runtime</DotNetCliPackageType>
-    <DotNetCliVersion Condition=" '$(DotNetCliVersion)' == '' AND '$(DotNetCliPackageType)' == 'runtime' ">2.1.5</DotNetCliVersion>
-    <DotNetCliVersion Condition=" '$(DotNetCliVersion)' == '' AND '$(DotNetCliPackageType)' == 'sdk' ">2.1.403</DotNetCliVersion>
+    <DotNetCliVersion Condition=" '$(DotNetCliVersion)' == '' AND '$(DotNetCliPackageType)' == 'runtime' ">$(BundledNETCoreAppPackageVersion)</DotNetCliVersion>
+    <DotNetCliVersion Condition=" '$(DotNetCliVersion)' == '' AND '$(DotNetCliPackageType)' == 'sdk' ">$(NETCoreSdkVersion)</DotNetCliVersion>
+    <DotNetCliVersion Condition=" '$(DotNetCliVersion)' == '' AND '$(DotNetCliPackageType)' == 'runtime' ">3.1.5</DotNetCliVersion>
+    <DotNetCliVersion Condition=" '$(DotNetCliVersion)' == '' AND '$(DotNetCliPackageType)' == 'sdk' ">3.1.301</DotNetCliVersion>
     <DotNetCliChannel Condition=" '$(DotNetCliChannel)' == '' ">Current</DotNetCliChannel>
     <_HelixMonoQueueTargets>$(_HelixMonoQueueTargets);$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)DotNetCli.targets</_HelixMonoQueueTargets>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteExecutor.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteExecutor.cs
index 7a6d009bb1e..231c7afe7c1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteExecutor.cs
@@ -413,6 +413,11 @@ private static string GetConsoleAppArgs(RemoteInvokeOptions options, out IEnumer
                 args += $" --depsfile \"{DepsJsonPath}\"";
             }
 
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.RollForward))
+            {
+                args += $" --roll-forward {options.RollForward}";
+            }
+
             args += $" \"{Path}\"";
             return args;
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteInvokeOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteInvokeOptions.cs
index 8002dd2b139..c1ece6250c4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteInvokeOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/src/RemoteInvokeOptions.cs
@@ -58,5 +58,10 @@ public bool RunAsSudo
                 _runAsSudo = value;
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Specifies the roll-forward policy for dotnet cli to use. Only applies when running .NET Core
+        /// </summary>
+        public string RollForward { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/tests/RemoteExecutorTests.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/tests/RemoteExecutorTests.cs
index 1059e584f95..7e3488edab1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/tests/RemoteExecutorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor/tests/RemoteExecutorTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public void AsyncAction_ThrowException()
                 {
                     Assert.True(false);
                     await Task.Delay(1);
-                }).Dispose()
+                }, new RemoteInvokeOptions { RollForward = "Major" }).Dispose()
             );
         }
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void AsyncAction()
             RemoteExecutor.Invoke(async () =>
             {
                 await Task.Delay(1);
-            }).Dispose();
+            }, new RemoteInvokeOptions { RollForward = "Major" }).Dispose();
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void AsyncFunc_ThrowException()
                     Assert.True(false);
                     await Task.Delay(1);
                     return 1;
-                }).Dispose()
+                }, new RemoteInvokeOptions { RollForward = "Major" }).Dispose()
             );
         }
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public void AsyncFunc_InvalidReturnCode()
                 {
                     await Task.Delay(1);
                     return 1;
-                }).Dispose()
+                }, new RemoteInvokeOptions { RollForward = "Major" }).Dispose()
             );
         }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public void AsyncFunc_NoThrow_ValidReturnCode()
             {
                 await Task.Delay(1);
                 return RemoteExecutor.SuccessExitCode;
-            }).Dispose();
+            }, new RemoteInvokeOptions { RollForward = "Major" }).Dispose();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fb32941bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.zip
+*.payload