diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems
index 91a10a3..ef7c2c1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/MSBuildReferences.projitems
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <Project>
   <!--Import this file in projects needing to reference Microsoft.Build.*.dll -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion Condition=" '$(MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion)' == '' ">17.8.3</MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion>
+    <MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion Condition=" '$(MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion)' == '' ">17.6.3</MSBuildPackageReferenceVersion>
     <SystemSecurityCryptographyXmlVersion Condition=" '$(SystemSecurityCryptographyXmlVersion)' == '' ">7.0.1</SystemSecurityCryptographyXmlVersion>
     <LibZipSharpVersion Condition=" '$(LibZipSharpVersion)' == '' " >3.0.0</LibZipSharpVersion>
     <MonoUnixVersion>7.1.0-final.1.21458.1</MonoUnixVersion>