diff --git a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToDecryptXMLElementX509/vb/decryptxml.vbproj b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToDecryptXMLElementX509/vb/decryptxml.vbproj
index 5d8c4683a83..4fca14c87d2 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToDecryptXMLElementX509/vb/decryptxml.vbproj
+++ b/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_CLR/HowToDecryptXMLElementX509/vb/decryptxml.vbproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="9.0.9" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>