diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 4553484ef05f73..81b9dc541bcf8e 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@
       <Sha>badf9f97aaf4c2166b17bd6475ca73958c11e309</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="emsdk" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.source-build-reference-packages" Version="8.0.0-alpha.1.25522.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.source-build-reference-packages" Version="8.0.0-alpha.1.25615.3">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/source-build-reference-packages</Uri>
-      <Sha>449148366d9105de8a6470ebc4ba198926e9a30a</Sha>
+      <Sha>44b5b62182b48c34c4b6aef28943ec3f3e82f214</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="source-build-reference-packages" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.source-build-externals" Version="8.0.0-alpha.1.25104.1">
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@
       <Uri>https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_git/dotnet-optimization</Uri>
       <Sha>67613417f5e1af250e6ddfba79f8f2885d8e90fb</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator.BuildTool" Version="8.0.0-alpha.0.25625.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator.BuildTool" Version="8.0.0-alpha.0.26076.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/hotreload-utils</Uri>
-      <Sha>e7e99065bbd4a7b911d5cfa56b23d873d9675355</Sha>
+      <Sha>6074d7872b31463f8b6741589ba543c8d80ce42d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="System.Runtime.Numerics.TestData" Version="8.0.0-beta.25625.3">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime-assets</Uri>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 71f9bd38ab0018..9f3768ffab74f1 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     <MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessTestRunnersCommonVersion>8.0.0-prerelease.25516.2</MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessTestRunnersCommonVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessTestRunnersXunitVersion>8.0.0-prerelease.25516.2</MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessTestRunnersXunitVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessCLIVersion>8.0.0-prerelease.25516.2</MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessCLIVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetHotReloadUtilsGeneratorBuildToolVersion>8.0.0-alpha.0.25625.3</MicrosoftDotNetHotReloadUtilsGeneratorBuildToolVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetHotReloadUtilsGeneratorBuildToolVersion>8.0.0-alpha.0.26076.2</MicrosoftDotNetHotReloadUtilsGeneratorBuildToolVersion>
     <XUnitVersion>2.4.2</XUnitVersion>
     <XUnitAnalyzersVersion>1.0.0</XUnitAnalyzersVersion>
     <XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>2.4.5</XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     <!-- ICU -->
     <MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeICUTransportVersion>8.0.0-rtm.25625.2</MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeICUTransportVersion>
     <!-- MsQuic -->
-    <MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>2.4.8</MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>2.4.16</MicrosoftNativeQuicMsQuicSchannelVersion>
     <!-- Mono LLVM -->
     <runtimelinuxarm64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeMonoLLVMSdkVersion>16.0.5-alpha.1.25311.1</runtimelinuxarm64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeMonoLLVMSdkVersion>
     <runtimelinuxarm64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeMonoLLVMToolsVersion>16.0.5-alpha.1.25311.1</runtimelinuxarm64MicrosoftNETCoreRuntimeMonoLLVMToolsVersion>
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/helix-queues-setup.yml b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/helix-queues-setup.yml
index 3b678b14066879..5dec2f7a0cc98e 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/helix-queues-setup.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/coreclr/templates/helix-queues-setup.yml
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ jobs:
 
     # iOS devices
     - ${{ if in(parameters.platform, 'ios_arm64') }}:
-      - OSX.13.Amd64.Iphone.Open
+      - OSX.15.Amd64.Iphone.Open
 
     # tvOS devices
     - ${{ if in(parameters.platform, 'tvos_arm64') }}:
-        - OSX.13.Amd64.AppleTV.Open
-
+        - OSX.15.Amd64.AppleTV.Open
     # Linux arm
     - ${{ if eq(parameters.platform, 'linux_arm') }}:
       - ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public') }}:
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/libraries/helix-queues-setup.yml b/eng/pipelines/libraries/helix-queues-setup.yml
index 22f7b0e5102ac5..1df5b90baf86bd 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/libraries/helix-queues-setup.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/libraries/helix-queues-setup.yml
@@ -98,12 +98,11 @@ jobs:
 
     # iOS devices
     - ${{ if in(parameters.platform, 'ios_arm64') }}:
-      - OSX.13.Amd64.Iphone.Open
+      - OSX.15.Amd64.Iphone.Open
 
     # tvOS devices
     - ${{ if in(parameters.platform, 'tvos_arm64') }}:
-      - OSX.13.Amd64.AppleTV.Open
-
+      - OSX.15.Amd64.AppleTV.Open
     # windows x64
     - ${{ if eq(parameters.platform, 'windows_x64') }}:
       # netcoreapp
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/component/hot_reload.c b/src/mono/mono/component/hot_reload.c
index 2245fcb4a1578e..ce2b555438fa49 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/component/hot_reload.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/component/hot_reload.c
@@ -2574,9 +2574,11 @@ hot_reload_apply_changes (int origin, MonoImage *image_base, gconstpointer dmeta
 	if (!assembly_update_supported (image_base, error)) {
 		return;
 	}
-
+	if (dmeta_bytes == 0 && dil_bytes_orig == 0) // we may receive empty updates
+	{
+		return;
+	}
         static int first_origin = -1;
-
         if (first_origin < 0) {
                 first_origin = origin;
         }