diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 6f62299ed9a..d6e9b653ea9 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
     </Dependency>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.25605.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.25611.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>f922da012fe84ec4bd6e78ed483de7d6b9f2f564</Sha>
+      <Sha>4b01306353c43c151d713d152f48a4d523c41960</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="arcade" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XliffTasks" Version="1.0.0-beta.23475.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk">
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
       <Sha>dc3d0694a4b31b8e27038431888cd4e8dd5b6cb6</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="roslyn" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XUnitExtensions" Version="8.0.0-beta.25605.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XUnitExtensions" Version="8.0.0-beta.25611.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>f922da012fe84ec4bd6e78ed483de7d6b9f2f564</Sha>
+      <Sha>4b01306353c43c151d713d152f48a4d523c41960</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 5f054df157e..9fc2eaea986 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the MIT license. See License.txt in the project root for full license information. -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>17.8.48</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>17.8.49</VersionPrefix>
     <DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
     <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>17.7.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <AssemblyVersion>15.1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
          Otherwise, this version of dotnet will not be installed and the build will error out. -->
     <DotNetCliVersion>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match($([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\global.json')), '"dotnet": "([^"]*)"').Groups.get_Item(1))</DotNetCliVersion>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCollectionsVersion>4.2.0-1.22102.8</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCollectionsVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsVersion>8.0.0-beta.25605.4</MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsVersion>8.0.0-beta.25611.2</MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelVersion>7.0.0</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelVersion>
     <MicrosoftIORedistVersion>6.0.0</MicrosoftIORedistVersion>
     <MicrosoftNetCompilersToolsetVersion>4.8.0-3.23465.5</MicrosoftNetCompilersToolsetVersion>
diff --git a/eng/common/internal-feed-operations.ps1 b/eng/common/internal-feed-operations.ps1
index 92b77347d99..c282d3ae403 100644
--- a/eng/common/internal-feed-operations.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/internal-feed-operations.ps1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function SetupCredProvider {
   $url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/artifacts-credprovider/master/helpers/installcredprovider.ps1'
   
   Write-Host "Writing the contents of 'installcredprovider.ps1' locally..."
-  Invoke-WebRequest $url -OutFile installcredprovider.ps1
+  Invoke-WebRequest $url -UseBasicParsing -OutFile installcredprovider.ps1
   
   Write-Host 'Installing plugin...'
   .\installcredprovider.ps1 -Force
diff --git a/eng/common/post-build/nuget-verification.ps1 b/eng/common/post-build/nuget-verification.ps1
index 8467dbf8e7c..6cbbcafade2 100644
--- a/eng/common/post-build/nuget-verification.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/post-build/nuget-verification.ps1
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if ($NuGetExePath) {
         Write-Host "Downloading nuget.exe from $nugetExeUrl..."
         $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
         try {
-            Invoke-WebRequest $nugetExeUrl -OutFile $downloadedNuGetExe
+            Invoke-WebRequest $nugetExeUrl -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $downloadedNuGetExe
             $ProgressPreference = 'Continue'
         } catch {
             $ProgressPreference = 'Continue'
diff --git a/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1 b/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1
index 534f6988d5b..83f9efb0b36 100644
--- a/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/post-build/post-build-utils.ps1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function Get-MaestroChannel([int]$ChannelId) {
   $apiHeaders = Create-MaestroApiRequestHeaders
   $apiEndpoint = "$MaestroApiEndPoint/api/channels/${ChannelId}?api-version=$MaestroApiVersion"
   
-  $result = try { Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
+  $result = try { Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Method Get -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
   return $result
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function Get-MaestroBuild([int]$BuildId) {
   $apiHeaders = Create-MaestroApiRequestHeaders -AuthToken $MaestroApiAccessToken
   $apiEndpoint = "$MaestroApiEndPoint/api/builds/${BuildId}?api-version=$MaestroApiVersion"
 
-  $result = try { return Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
+  $result = try { return Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Method Get -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
   return $result
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function Get-MaestroSubscriptions([string]$SourceRepository, [int]$ChannelId) {
   $apiHeaders = Create-MaestroApiRequestHeaders -AuthToken $MaestroApiAccessToken
   $apiEndpoint = "$MaestroApiEndPoint/api/subscriptions?sourceRepository=$SourceRepository&channelId=$ChannelId&api-version=$MaestroApiVersion"
 
-  $result = try { Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
+  $result = try { Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Method Get -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
   return $result
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function Assign-BuildToChannel([int]$BuildId, [int]$ChannelId) {
 
   $apiHeaders = Create-MaestroApiRequestHeaders -AuthToken $MaestroApiAccessToken
   $apiEndpoint = "$MaestroApiEndPoint/api/channels/${ChannelId}/builds/${BuildId}?api-version=$MaestroApiVersion"
-  Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | Out-Null
+  Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Method Post -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | Out-Null
 }
 
 function Trigger-Subscription([string]$SubscriptionId) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function Trigger-Subscription([string]$SubscriptionId) {
 
   $apiHeaders = Create-MaestroApiRequestHeaders -AuthToken $MaestroApiAccessToken
   $apiEndpoint = "$MaestroApiEndPoint/api/subscriptions/$SubscriptionId/trigger?api-version=$MaestroApiVersion"
-  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders -Method Post | Out-Null
+  Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $apiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders -Method Post | Out-Null
 }
 
 function Validate-MaestroVars {
diff --git a/eng/common/templates-official/post-build/setup-maestro-vars.yml b/eng/common/templates-official/post-build/setup-maestro-vars.yml
index 0c87f149a4a..3a56abf8922 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates-official/post-build/setup-maestro-vars.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates-official/post-build/setup-maestro-vars.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ steps:
             $apiHeaders.Add('Accept', 'application/json')
             $apiHeaders.Add('Authorization',"Bearer ${Env:MAESTRO_API_TOKEN}")
 
-            $buildInfo = try { Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Uri $buildApiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
+            $buildInfo = try { Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Method Get -Uri $buildApiEndpoint -Headers $apiHeaders | ConvertFrom-Json } catch { Write-Host "Error: $_" }
             
             $BarId = $Env:BARBuildId
             $Channels = $Env:PromoteToMaestroChannels -split ","
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index bb048ad125a..b674a90618d 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function GetDotNetInstallScript([string] $dotnetRoot) {
 
     Retry({
       Write-Host "GET $uri"
-      Invoke-WebRequest $uri -OutFile $installScript
+      Invoke-WebRequest $uri -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $installScript
     })
   }
 
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ function InitializeXCopyMSBuild([string]$packageVersion, [bool]$install) {
     Write-Host "Downloading $packageName $packageVersion"
     $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' # Don't display the console progress UI - it's a huge perf hit
     Retry({
-      Invoke-WebRequest "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/flat2/$packageName/$packageVersion/$packageName.$packageVersion.nupkg" -OutFile $packagePath
+      Invoke-WebRequest "https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/flat2/$packageName/$packageVersion/$packageName.$packageVersion.nupkg" -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $packagePath
     })
 
     Unzip $packagePath $packageDir
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
     Create-Directory $vsWhereDir
     Write-Host 'Downloading vswhere'
     Retry({
-      Invoke-WebRequest "https://netcorenativeassets.blob.core.windows.net/resource-packages/external/windows/vswhere/$vswhereVersion/vswhere.exe" -OutFile $vswhereExe
+      Invoke-WebRequest "https://netcorenativeassets.blob.core.windows.net/resource-packages/external/windows/vswhere/$vswhereVersion/vswhere.exe" -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $vswhereExe
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 6d3a615bcdf..198729cb523 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     "xcopy-msbuild": "17.8.5"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.25605.4"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.25611.2"
   }
 }