diff --git a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementX509/vb/encryptxml.vbproj b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementX509/vb/encryptxml.vbproj
index 6bd19fdd677f6..fb11213c748b3 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementX509/vb/encryptxml.vbproj
+++ b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementX509/vb/encryptxml.vbproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="8.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>