diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 40ff8d9c6a6a51702b5c36e430ed440710947850..5b5d591698e2ba6668d6b97c50e81ddb5d822d4f 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -156,25 +156,25 @@
     </Dependency>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.5">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>5c98e75aa0078eebd3b8f9d6a6fbed1a1a5eb075</Sha>
+      <Sha>39d795a2d83c7ee351a26c4544f5352e62e30da1</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.CodeAnalysis" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.CodeAnalysis" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.5">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>5c98e75aa0078eebd3b8f9d6a6fbed1a1a5eb075</Sha>
+      <Sha>39d795a2d83c7ee351a26c4544f5352e62e30da1</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.5">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>5c98e75aa0078eebd3b8f9d6a6fbed1a1a5eb075</Sha>
+      <Sha>39d795a2d83c7ee351a26c4544f5352e62e30da1</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.5">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>5c98e75aa0078eebd3b8f9d6a6fbed1a1a5eb075</Sha>
+      <Sha>39d795a2d83c7ee351a26c4544f5352e62e30da1</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.3">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="8.0.0-beta.23253.5">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>5c98e75aa0078eebd3b8f9d6a6fbed1a1a5eb075</Sha>
+      <Sha>39d795a2d83c7ee351a26c4544f5352e62e30da1</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index c8c3171485e888b035ba87bcc384e80553233784..2e370acb1e142d3db059e12a48fb4fc1308a7686 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Packages that come from https://github.com/dotnet/arcade -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatVersion>8.0.0-beta.23253.3</MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>8.0.0-beta.23253.3</MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatVersion>8.0.0-beta.23253.5</MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>8.0.0-beta.23253.5</MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Maintain System.CodeDom PackageVersion at 4.4.0. See https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild/issues/3627 -->
   <!-- Pin specific versions of S.Memory so that it would supply AssemblyVersion=4.0.1.0. See https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/31672 -->
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index 8ad03be3eccb20e0d6b27d072f51a85ce874763f..050735a528f6428bc06577b9659bf8f32de8ca20 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ function InitializeVisualStudioMSBuild([bool]$install, [object]$vsRequirements =
   # Locate Visual Studio installation or download x-copy msbuild.
   $vsInfo = LocateVisualStudio $vsRequirements
   if ($vsInfo -ne $null) {
-    $vsInstallDir = $vsInfo.installationPath
+    # Ensure vsInstallDir has a trailing slash
+    $vsInstallDir = Join-Path $vsInfo.installationPath "\"
     $vsMajorVersion = $vsInfo.installationVersion.Split('.')[0]
 
     InitializeVisualStudioEnvironmentVariables $vsInstallDir $vsMajorVersion
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 190401c3160fcb9600f7fe76305f54258316513d..1da723fd2d1a8d58fc86fb61c452be3855801a7c 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     }
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23253.3",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23253.3"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23253.5",
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23253.5"
   },
   "sdk": {
     "version": "8.0.100-preview.3.23178.7"