diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index c3a113fd..46dee667 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ stages:
       displayName: Configure git commit author for testing
 
     - task: UseDotNet@2
-      displayName: Install .NET Core SDK 5.0.100
+      displayName: Install .NET Core SDK 5.0.202
       inputs:
         packageType: sdk
-        version: 5.0.100
+        version: 5.0.202
 
     - task: UseDotNet@2
       displayName: Install .NET Core 3.1
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ stages:
         packageType: sdk
         version: 3.1.100
     - task: UseDotNet@2
-      displayName: Install .NET Core SDK 5.0.100
+      displayName: Install .NET Core SDK 5.0.202
       inputs:
         packageType: sdk
-        version: 5.0.100
+        version: 5.0.202
     - script: dotnet --info
       displayName: Show dotnet SDK info
     - bash: |
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index ee8f712f..66a8a8b2 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "5.0.100"
+    "version": "5.0.202"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 4921af4e..0757e8d2 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\obj\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
     <OutputPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\bin\$(MSBuildProjectName)\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
     <DocumentationRootFolder>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\wiki\api</DocumentationRootFolder>
-    <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion>
+    <LangVersion>9.0</LangVersion>
 
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)strongname.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
diff --git a/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/AssemblyLoader.cs b/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/AssemblyLoader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55da8b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/AssemblyLoader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#if NETFRAMEWORK
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
+{
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false)]
+    public sealed class ModuleInitializerAttribute : Attribute { }
+}
+
+namespace Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks
+{
+    internal static class AssemblyLoader
+    {
+        [ModuleInitializer]
+        internal static void LoaderInitializer()
+        {
+            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve;
+        }
+
+        private static Assembly CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var required = new AssemblyName(args.Name);
+                string path = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), required.Name + ".dll");
+                if (File.Exists(path))
+                {
+                    AssemblyName actual = AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(path);
+                    if (actual.Version >= required.Version)
+                    {
+                        return Assembly.LoadFile(path);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.nuspec b/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.nuspec
index b260a210..30e035fc 100644
--- a/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.nuspec
+++ b/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.nuspec
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ IMPORTANT: The 3.x release may produce a different version height than prior maj
     <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\NerdBank.GitVersioning.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\NerdBank.GitVersioning.dll" />
     <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks.dll" />
     <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\Newtonsoft.Json.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\Newtonsoft.Json.dll" />
+    <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\PInvoke.Kernel32.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\PInvoke.Kernel32.dll" />
+    <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\System.Buffers.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\System.Buffers.dll" />
+    <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\System.Memory.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\System.Memory.dll" />
+    <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\System.Numerics.Vectors.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\System.Numerics.Vectors.dll" />
+    <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll" />
     <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\System.Text.Json.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\System.Text.Json.dll" />
     <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\Validation.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\Validation.dll" />
-    <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll" />
-    <file src="$BaseOutputPath$net461\PInvoke.Kernel32.dll" target="build\MSBuildFull\PInvoke.Kernel32.dll" />
     <file src="$LibGit2SharpNativeBinaries$runtimes\**" target="build\runtimes\" />
 
     <!-- Additional copies to work around DllNotFoundException on Mono (https://github.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/issues/222) -->