diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index d50494e2ad1147..5c5649aec56564 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     <MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessTestRunnersXunitVersion>1.0.0-prerelease.21404.1</MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessTestRunnersXunitVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessCLIVersion>1.0.0-prerelease.21404.1</MicrosoftDotNetXHarnessCLIVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetHotReloadUtilsGeneratorBuildToolVersion>1.0.2-alpha.0.21413.1</MicrosoftDotNetHotReloadUtilsGeneratorBuildToolVersion>
-    <XUnitVersion>2.4.1</XUnitVersion>
+    <XUnitVersion>2.4.2-pre.9</XUnitVersion>
     <XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>2.4.2</XUnitRunnerVisualStudioVersion>
     <CoverletCollectorVersion>1.3.0</CoverletCollectorVersion>
     <NewtonsoftJsonVersion>12.0.3</NewtonsoftJsonVersion>
diff --git a/eng/testing/xunit/xunit.targets b/eng/testing/xunit/xunit.targets
index 8a950eb58ef383..8d4aa64986e4d5 100644
--- a/eng/testing/xunit/xunit.targets
+++ b/eng/testing/xunit/xunit.targets
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Upgrade the NETStandard.Library transitive xunit dependency to avoid transitive 1.x NS dependencies. -->
-    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library"
-                      Version="$(NetStandardLibraryVersion)"
-                      Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="$(NetStandardLibraryVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Run target (F5) support. -->
diff --git a/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/TestUtilities.csproj b/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/TestUtilities.csproj
index adf4da79ea9318..8400cd7e721e69 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/TestUtilities.csproj
+++ b/src/libraries/Common/tests/TestUtilities/TestUtilities.csproj
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.XUnitExtensions" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetXUnitExtensionsVersion)" />
+    <!-- Upgrade the NetStandard.Library transitive xunit dependency to avoid 1.x NS dependencies. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="$(NetStandardLibraryVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.core" Version="$(XUnitVersion)" ExcludeAssets="build" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.assert" Version="$(XUnitVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetCoreAppCurrent)'">
-    <!-- Upgrade the NetStandard.Library transitive xunit dependency to avoid 1.x NS dependencies. -->
-    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="$(NetStandardLibraryVersion)" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)Microsoft.Win32.Registry\ref\Microsoft.Win32.Registry.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(LibrariesProjectRoot)System.Security.Principal.Windows\ref\System.Security.Principal.Windows.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>