diff --git a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementSymmetric/vb/encryptxml.vbproj b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementSymmetric/vb/encryptxml.vbproj
index 1d49af111b4..929f5d68d1f 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementSymmetric/vb/encryptxml.vbproj
+++ b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToEncryptXMLElementSymmetric/vb/encryptxml.vbproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="9.0.10" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>