diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index d09093547..139fe6a4f 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Dependencies>
   <ProductDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis" Version="4.9.2-3.24129.6">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis" Version="4.10.0-3.24202.15">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn</Uri>
-      <Sha>9934fb9e3527e1c0c51314e57d4aab30f97e8f9e</Sha>
+      <Sha>cbca41cad4e21c29548e9e57d7135740b6f78df9</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.3">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-analyzers</Uri>
@@ -31,9 +31,5 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
       <Sha>9e3b333509ec2990dd20fbf01f50fd42d7f23d56</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="NuGet.Build.Tasks" Version="6.10.0-preview.2.81">
-      <Uri>https://github.com/nuget/nuget.client</Uri>
-      <Sha>1845d6bd450a7453d573035371c9fec43683d1ef</Sha>
-    </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 4f06ea2dd..57ac5173a 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@
     <!-- Opt-out repo features -->
     <UsingToolXliff>false</UsingToolXliff>
     <!-- Libs -->
-    <MicrosoftBuildLocatorVersion>1.4.1</MicrosoftBuildLocatorVersion>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersVersion>3.3.4</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersVersion>
-    <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion>4.9.2-3.24129.6</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion>
-    <!-- Dependencies from https://github.com/nuget/nuget.client -->
-    <NuGetBuildTasksPackageVersion>6.10.0-preview.2.81</NuGetBuildTasksPackageVersion>
-    <NuGetFrameworksPackageVersion>$(NuGetBuildTasksPackageVersion)</NuGetFrameworksPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion>4.10.0-3.24202.15</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion>
     <!-- arcade -->
     <MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksTemplatingVersion>9.0.0-beta.24207.1</MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksTemplatingVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetRemoteExecutorVersion>9.0.0-beta.24207.1</MicrosoftDotNetRemoteExecutorVersion>
@@ -29,6 +25,5 @@
     <RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion>$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildVersion)</RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion>
     <RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion>$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildVersion)</RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion>
     <RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCoreVersion>$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildVersion)</RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildUtilitiesCoreVersion>
-    <RefOnlyNugetProjectModelVersion>6.2.4</RefOnlyNugetProjectModelVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator.csproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator.csproj
index 22f850e11..a9fefe5c1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator.csproj
@@ -5,27 +5,16 @@
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <!-- from dotnet/roslyn -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
     <!-- this one has the EnC analyzer that we need-->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Features" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Features" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
     <!-- to support MSBuildWorkspace -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Locator" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildLocatorVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-    <!-- added to fix error when opening an MSBuildWorkspace project:
-        "ProcessFrameworkReferences" task failed unexpectedly.
-        System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'NuGet.Frameworks' ...
-    -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Nuget.ProjectModel" Version="$(RefOnlyNugetProjectModelVersion)">
-      <IncludeAssets>build; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
+
+    <!-- TODO: workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/72938, remove once it is fixed -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Runner.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Runner.cs
index 4e0b23ddd..cb61f6838 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Runner.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator/Runner.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ protected Runner (Config config) {
     protected Func<CancellationToken,Task>? OutputsDone {get; set;} = null;
 
     public async Task<BaselineArtifacts> SetupBaseline (EnC.EditAndContinueCapabilities capabilities, CancellationToken ct = default) {
-        InitMSBuild();
         BaselineProject baselineProject = await Microsoft.DotNet.HotReload.Utils.Generator.BaselineProject.Make (config, capabilities, ct);
 
         var baselineArtifacts = await baselineProject.PrepareBaseline(ct);
@@ -113,10 +112,5 @@ public async Task GenerateDeltas (DeltaProject deltaProject, IAsyncEnumerable<De
         }
     }
 
-    private static void InitMSBuild ()
-    {
-        Microsoft.Build.Locator.MSBuildLocator.RegisterDefaults();
-    }
-
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/CommonFixtures.cs b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/CommonFixtures.cs
index df2e6752a..7dbe496cd 100644
--- a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/CommonFixtures.cs
+++ b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/CommonFixtures.cs
@@ -2,27 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace EnC.Tests;
 
-public class MSBuildLocatorFixture : IDisposable
-{
-    private static readonly object _lock = new();
-    public MSBuildLocatorFixture()
-    {
-        if (Microsoft.Build.Locator.MSBuildLocator.IsRegistered)
-            return;
-        lock (_lock)
-        {
-            if (Microsoft.Build.Locator.MSBuildLocator.IsRegistered)
-                return;
-            var vsi = Microsoft.Build.Locator.MSBuildLocator.RegisterDefaults();
-            Console.WriteLine($"Using MSBuild at '{vsi.MSBuildPath}' to load projects and targets.\n{vsi}");
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void Dispose()
-    {
-    }
-}
-
 public class GlobalFilesFixture : IDisposable
 {
     public string GlobalJsonContents { get; }
diff --git a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/EnC.Tests.csproj b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/EnC.Tests.csproj
index 3ae0f0b52..32af4b6a3 100644
--- a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/EnC.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/EnC.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,21 +10,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Features" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Locator" Version="$(MicrosoftBuildLocatorVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" Version="$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildFrameworkVersion)" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-    <!-- added to fix error when opening an MSBuildWorkspace project:
-        "ProcessFrameworkReferences" task failed unexpectedly.
-        System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'NuGet.Frameworks' ...
-    -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Nuget.ProjectModel" Version="$(RefOnlyNugetProjectModelVersion)">
-      <IncludeAssets>build; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Frameworks" Version="$(NuGetFrameworksPackageVersion)" />
-
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest.cs b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest.cs
index c26f8e8a2..7fd6ddec5 100644
--- a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest.cs
+++ b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest.cs
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ namespace EnC.Tests;
 ///    Set <c>TempDir.Keep = true</c> if you want to keep the temp directory.
 ///   </para>
 /// </remarks>
-public class TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest : IClassFixture<MSBuildLocatorFixture>, IClassFixture<GlobalFilesFixture>, IDisposable
+public class TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest : IClassFixture<GlobalFilesFixture>, IDisposable
 {
     public MSBuildWorkspace Workspace { get; }
     public GlobalFilesFixture GlobalFiles { get; }
     private protected TempDirectory TempDir { get; }
-    public TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest(MSBuildLocatorFixture _1, GlobalFilesFixture globalFiles)
+    public TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest(GlobalFilesFixture globalFiles)
     {
         GlobalFiles = globalFiles;
         Workspace = MSBuildWorkspace.Create();
diff --git a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/WatchHotReloadServiceTest.cs b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/WatchHotReloadServiceTest.cs
index 8ab791868..a689eddfd 100644
--- a/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/WatchHotReloadServiceTest.cs
+++ b/tests/HotReload.Generator/EnC.Tests/WatchHotReloadServiceTest.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace EnC.Tests;
 
 public class WatchHotReloadServiceTest : TempMSBuildWorkspaceTest
 {
-    public WatchHotReloadServiceTest(MSBuildLocatorFixture fixture, GlobalFilesFixture globalFiles) : base(fixture, globalFiles)
+    public WatchHotReloadServiceTest(GlobalFilesFixture globalFiles) : base(globalFiles)
     {
     }