diff --git a/eng/packaging.targets b/eng/packaging.targets
index 7f9707ab8d81..6d2bbce10da3 100644
--- a/eng/packaging.targets
+++ b/eng/packaging.targets
@@ -22,19 +22,26 @@
                                        '$(IsRIDSpecificProject)' == 'true') and
                                        '$(PreReleaseVersionLabel)' != 'servicing' and
                                        '$(GitHubRepositoryName)' != 'runtimelab'">true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
+    <GeneratePackageOnBuild Condition="'$(GeneratePackageOnBuild)' != 'true'">false</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
     <!-- Search for the documentation file in the intellisense package and otherwise pick up the generated one. -->
     <LibIntellisenseDocumentationFilePath>$(XmlDocFileRoot)1033\$(AssemblyName).xml</LibIntellisenseDocumentationFilePath>
     <UseIntellisenseDocumentationFile Condition="'$(UseIntellisenseDocumentationFile)' == '' and Exists('$(LibIntellisenseDocumentationFilePath)')">true</UseIntellisenseDocumentationFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(ServicingVersion)' != ''">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(PreReleaseVersionLabel)' == 'servicing'">
+    <!-- If no servicing version is set we need to default to 0 in order for dependency versions to
+    be calculated propertly, if we don't set it to 0, we would get the dependency version using the
+    product Patch Version -->
+    <ServicingVersion Condition="'$(ServicingVersion)' == ''">0</ServicingVersion>
+
     <!-- Always update the package version in servicing. -->
-    <VersionPrefix>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(ServicingVersion)</VersionPrefix>
+    <Version>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(ServicingVersion)</Version>
+    <Version Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != ''">$(Version)-$(VersionSuffix)</Version>
     <_IsWindowsDesktopApp Condition="$(WindowsDesktopCoreAppLibrary.Contains('$(AssemblyName);'))">true</_IsWindowsDesktopApp>
     <_IsAspNetCoreApp Condition="$(AspNetCoreAppLibrary.Contains('$(AssemblyName);'))">true</_IsAspNetCoreApp>
-    <_AssemblyInTargetingPack Condition="'$(IsNETCoreAppSrc)' == 'true' or '$(_IsAspNetCoreApp)' == 'true' or '$(_IsWindowsDesktopApp)' == 'true'">true</_AssemblyInTargetingPack>
+    <_AssemblyInTargetingPack Condition="('$(IsNETCoreAppSrc)' == 'true' or '$(_IsAspNetCoreApp)' == 'true' or '$(_IsWindowsDesktopApp)' == 'true') and '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETFramework'">true</_AssemblyInTargetingPack>
     <!-- Assembly version do not get updated in non-netfx ref pack assemblies. -->
-    <AssemblyVersion Condition="'$(_AssemblyInTargetingPack)' != 'true' or '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework'">$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).0.$(ServicingVersion)</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion Condition="'$(_AssemblyInTargetingPack)' != 'true'">$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).0.$(ServicingVersion)</AssemblyVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(EnablePackageValidation)' == 'true'">
@@ -246,9 +253,15 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="ValidateAssemblyVersionsInRefPack" 
-          Condition="$(_AssemblyInTargetingPack) == 'true' and '$(PreReleaseVersionLabel)' == 'servicing'" 
+          Condition="'$(SkipValidateAssemblyVersion)' != 'true' and '$(_AssemblyInTargetingPack)' == 'true' and '$(PreReleaseVersionLabel)' == 'servicing'"
           AfterTargets="CoreCompile" >
     <Error Condition="'$(AssemblyVersion)' != '$(LastReleasedStableAssemblyVersion)'" Text="AssemblyVersion should match last released assembly version $(LastReleasedStableAssemblyVersion)" />
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="ValidateServicingVersionIsPropertlySet"
+          Condition="'$(PreReleaseVersionLabel)' == 'servicing'"
+          AfterTargets="GenerateNuspec">
+    <Error Condition="'$(ServicingVersion)' == '0'" Text="ServicingVersion is set to 0 and it should be an increment of the patch version from the last released package." />
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices/Directory.Build.props b/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices/Directory.Build.props
index bfa544ca6f64..0740890146a7 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/libraries/System.DirectoryServices/Directory.Build.props
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
          plan on shipping a new desktop version out of band. Instead add API
          to a different assembly. -->
     <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <!-- Since this assembly version is pinned, we don't want to validate that it matches
+    the expected assembly version on the targeting pack. -->
+    <SkipValidateAssemblyVersion>true</SkipValidateAssemblyVersion>
     <StrongNameKeyId>Microsoft</StrongNameKeyId>
     <SupportedOSPlatforms>windows</SupportedOSPlatforms>
   </PropertyGroup>