diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.props b/eng/Version.Details.props
index 4fb7823aa40..24bddcf063e 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.props
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.props
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ This file should be imported by eng/Versions.props
     <SystemThreadingChannelsPackageVersion>9.0.0</SystemThreadingChannelsPackageVersion>
     <SystemThreadingTasksDataflowPackageVersion>9.0.0</SystemThreadingTasksDataflowPackageVersion>
     <!-- dotnet/arcade dependencies -->
-    <MicrosoftDotNetArcadeSdkPackageVersion>10.0.0-beta.25605.3</MicrosoftDotNetArcadeSdkPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsPackageVersion>10.0.0-beta.25605.3</MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetArcadeSdkPackageVersion>10.0.0-beta.25612.5</MicrosoftDotNetArcadeSdkPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsPackageVersion>10.0.0-beta.25612.5</MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsPackageVersion>
     <!-- nuget/nuget.client dependencies -->
     <NuGetBuildTasksPackageVersion>7.0.0-preview.2.254</NuGetBuildTasksPackageVersion>
     <!-- dotnet/roslyn dependencies -->
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 195bb74fcab..18190810e69 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
     </Dependency>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="10.0.0-beta.25605.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="10.0.0-beta.25612.5">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>774a2ef8d2777c50d047d6776ced33260822cad6</Sha>
+      <Sha>55631983c8583162122687fddeac13424c1e40a8</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="NuGet.Build.Tasks" Version="7.0.0-preview.2.254">
       <Uri>https://github.com/nuget/nuget.client</Uri>
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn</Uri>
       <Sha>5d47bb1c178652caa40b55664c06c74e35edebdf</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XUnitExtensions" Version="10.0.0-beta.25605.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.XUnitExtensions" Version="10.0.0-beta.25612.5">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>774a2ef8d2777c50d047d6776ced33260822cad6</Sha>
+      <Sha>55631983c8583162122687fddeac13424c1e40a8</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index e1b85c3b2a1..b4e8afb2174 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project>
   <Import Project="Version.Details.props" Condition="Exists('Version.Details.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>18.0.8</VersionPrefix><DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
+    <VersionPrefix>18.0.9</VersionPrefix><DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
     <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>17.14.8</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <AssemblyVersion>15.1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>servicing</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
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 ac5c69ffcac..eea88e653c9 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/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index 578705ee4db..049fe6db994 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function GetDotNetInstallScript([string] $dotnetRoot) {
 
     Retry({
       Write-Host "GET $uri"
-      Invoke-WebRequest $uri -OutFile $installScript
+      Invoke-WebRequest $uri -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $installScript
     })
   }
 
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ 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
     })
 
     if (!(Test-Path $packagePath)) {
@@ -556,23 +556,30 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
     Write-Host "Downloading vswhere $vswhereVersion"
     $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' # Don't display the console progress UI - it's a huge perf hit
     Retry({
-      Invoke-WebRequest "https://netcorenativeassets.blob.core.windows.net/resource-packages/external/windows/vswhere/$vswhereVersion/vswhere.exe" -OutFile $vswhereExe
+      Invoke-WebRequest "https://netcorenativeassets.blob.core.windows.net/resource-packages/external/windows/vswhere/$vswhereVersion/vswhere.exe" -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $vswhereExe
     })
   }
 
-  if (!$vsRequirements) { $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs }
+  if (!$vsRequirements) {
+    if (Get-Member -InputObject $GlobalJson.tools -Name 'vs' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+      $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs
+    } else {
+      $vsRequirements = $null
+    }
+  }
+
   $args = @('-latest', '-format', 'json', '-requires', 'Microsoft.Component.MSBuild', '-products', '*')
 
   if (!$excludePrereleaseVS) {
     $args += '-prerelease'
   }
 
-  if (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'version') {
+  if ($vsRequirements -and (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'version' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
     $args += '-version'
     $args += $vsRequirements.version
   }
 
-  if (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'components') {
+  if ($vsRequirements -and (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'components' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
     foreach ($component in $vsRequirements.components) {
       $args += '-requires'
       $args += $component
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 444e3a18b8e..608724c4705 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
     "xcopy-msbuild": "18.0.0"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "10.0.0-beta.25605.3"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "10.0.0-beta.25612.5"
   }
 }