diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 6bce4c3629..e03309b129 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <PackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensions>6.0.0</PackageVersion_MicrosoftExtensions>
         <PackageVersion_MicrosoftJson>6.0.0</PackageVersion_MicrosoftJson>
         <PackageVersion_MicrosoftTextEncoding>6.0.0</PackageVersion_MicrosoftTextEncoding>
-        <PackageVersion_MsBuild>17.1.0</PackageVersion_MsBuild>
+        <PackageVersion_MsBuild>17.2.0</PackageVersion_MsBuild>
 
         <PackageVersion_MicrosoftTestSdk>17.1.0</PackageVersion_MicrosoftTestSdk>
         <PackageVersion_NSubstitute>4.3.0</PackageVersion_NSubstitute>
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests.csproj b/src/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests.csproj
index 9bf0d7a9e0..f330b609bd 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests/GitVersion.MsBuild.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
     <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp3.1' ">
         <PackageReference Include="Buildalyzer" Version="3.2.2" />
         <PackageReference Include="MSBuild.ProjectCreation" Version="6.3.3" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="16.9.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="17.2.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net5.0' ">
         <PackageReference Include="Buildalyzer" Version="3.2.8" />
         <PackageReference Include="MSBuild.ProjectCreation" Version="6.3.3" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="16.11.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="17.2.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0' ">