diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 1321affc3d..d2637af033 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 {
+  "sdk": {
+    "version": "3.1.101",
+    "rollForward": "minor",
+    "allowPrerelease": false,
+    "architecture": "x64"
+  },
   "tools": {
-    "dotnet": "3.1.100"
+    "dotnet": "3.1.101"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
     "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20052.1",
diff --git a/scripts/build.ps1 b/scripts/build.ps1
index a17998919e..999152316c 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $env:DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE = 1
 # Dotnet build doesn't support --packages yet. See https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/2712
 $env:NUGET_PACKAGES = $env:TP_PACKAGES_DIR
 $env:NUGET_EXE_Version = "3.4.3"
-$env:DOTNET_CLI_VERSION = "3.1.100"
+$env:DOTNET_CLI_VERSION = "3.1.101"
 # $env:DOTNET_RUNTIME_VERSION = "LATEST"
 $env:VSWHERE_VERSION = "2.0.2"
 $env:MSBUILD_VERSION = "15.0"
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ function Install-DotNetCli
     # Pull in additional shared frameworks.
     # Get netcoreapp2.1 shared components.
     
-    & $dotnetInstallScript -InstallDir "$dotnetInstallPath" -Runtime 'dotnet' -Version '2.1.0' -Channel 'release/2.1.0' -Architecture x64 -NoPath
+    & $dotnetInstallScript -InstallDir "$dotnetInstallPath" -Runtime 'dotnet' -Version '2.1.0' -Channel '2.1.0' -Architecture x64 -NoPath
     $env:DOTNET_ROOT= $dotnetInstallPath
 
-    & $dotnetInstallScript -InstallDir "${dotnetInstallPath}_x86" -Runtime 'dotnet' -Version '2.1.0' -Channel 'release/2.1.0' -Architecture x86 -NoPath
+    & $dotnetInstallScript -InstallDir "${dotnetInstallPath}_x86" -Runtime 'dotnet' -Version '2.1.0' -Channel '2.1.0' -Architecture x86 -NoPath
     ${env:DOTNET_ROOT(x86)} = "${dotnetInstallPath}_x86"
     
     $env:DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0
@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@ function Install-DotNetCli
     & "$env:DOTNET_ROOT\dotnet.exe" --info
 
     "`n`n---- x86 dotnet"
-    & "${env:DOTNET_ROOT(x86)}\dotnet.exe" --info
-
-    
+    # avoid erroring out because we don't have the sdk for x86 that global.json requires
+    try {
+        & "${env:DOTNET_ROOT(x86)}\dotnet.exe" --info 2> $null
+    } catch {}
     Write-Log "Install-DotNetCli: Complete. {$(Get-ElapsedTime($timer))}"
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index bbd447aab8..fe93fa812b 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ VERSION=$(test -z $VERSION && grep TPVersionPrefix $TP_ROOT_DIR/scripts/build/Te
 export DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
 # Dotnet build doesnt support --packages yet. See https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/2712
 export NUGET_PACKAGES=$TP_PACKAGES_DIR
-DOTNET_CLI_VERSION="3.1.100"
+DOTNET_CLI_VERSION="3.1.101"
 #DOTNET_RUNTIME_VERSION="LATEST"
 
 #