diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 09c6a48959d..17cd800a163 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the MIT license. See License.txt in the project root for full license information. -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>17.10.0</VersionPrefix><DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
+    <VersionPrefix>17.10.1</VersionPrefix><DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
     <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>17.8.3</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <AssemblyVersion>15.1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
diff --git a/src/Tasks/GetAssembliesMetadata.cs b/src/Tasks/GetAssembliesMetadata.cs
index d5f67c62f36..520b979be03 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/GetAssembliesMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/Tasks/GetAssembliesMetadata.cs
@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@ public override bool Execute()
                 // During DTB the referenced project may not has been built yet, so we need to check if the assembly already exists.
                 if (File.Exists(assemblyPath))
                 {
-                    AssemblyInformation assemblyInformation = new(assemblyPath);
-                    AssemblyAttributes attributes = assemblyInformation.GetAssemblyMetadata();
-
-                    if (attributes != null)
+                    using (AssemblyInformation assemblyInformation = new(assemblyPath))
                     {
-                        assembliesMetadata.Add(CreateItemWithMetadata(attributes));
+                        AssemblyAttributes attributes = assemblyInformation.GetAssemblyMetadata();
+
+                        if (attributes != null)
+                        {
+                            assembliesMetadata.Add(CreateItemWithMetadata(attributes));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }