diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 18faa55..d0161f8 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.3.0" />
 
     <!-- MSBuild task authoring -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="18.3.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" Version="18.4.0" />
 
     <!-- JSON serialization (for MSBuild tasks targeting netstandard2.0) -->
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.3" />