diff --git a/eng/Packages.Data.props b/eng/Packages.Data.props
index ec43b58a14a0..70ec5b50c5dc 100644
--- a/eng/Packages.Data.props
+++ b/eng/Packages.Data.props
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="1.0.0" />
 
     <!-- Azure SDK packages -->
-    <PackageReference Update="Azure.Core" Version="1.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Update="Azure.Core" Version="1.8.1" />
     <PackageReference Update="Azure.Core.Amqp" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Update="Azure.Core.Experimental" Version="0.1.0-preview.7" />
     <PackageReference Update="Azure.Identity" Version="1.2.1" />