diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/vmr-synchronization.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/vmr-synchronization.yml
index cbb952202f7b..bb2738990051 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/vmr-synchronization.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/vmr-synchronization.yml
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ jobs:
   pool:
     ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public') }}:
       name: $(DncEngPublicBuildPool)
-      image: 1es-ubuntu-2004-open
+      image: 1es-ubuntu-2204-open
       os: linux
     ${{ else }}:
       name: $(DncEngInternalBuildPool)
-      demands: ImageOverride -equals 1es-ubuntu-2004
+      demands: ImageOverride -equals 1es-ubuntu-2204
       os: linux
 
   steps:
diff --git a/eng/vmr-sync.sh b/eng/vmr-sync.sh
index 10d4b1f65f98..ba3dc2bb249f 100755
--- a/eng/vmr-sync.sh
+++ b/eng/vmr-sync.sh
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ set -e
 highlight 'Installing .NET, preparing the tooling..'
 source "$scriptroot/common/tools.sh"
 InitializeDotNetCli true
-dotnetDir=$( cd $scriptroot/../.dotnet/; pwd -P )
+dotnetDir=$_InitializeDotNetCli
 dotnet=$dotnetDir/dotnet
 "$dotnet" tool restore