diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
index 67d59a247fcb56ff9a3bc0f4ef086cc6cef88a94..0a4e281655ea2cdb98b09bd5d33f0001a8b221cb 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
@@ -510,7 +510,9 @@ jobs:
       # The SDK version selected here is intentionally supposed to use the latest release
       # For the purpose of building Linux distros, we can't depend on features of the SDK
       # which may not exist in pre-built versions of the SDK
-      version: 3.0.x
+      # Pinning to preview 8 since preview 9 has breaking changes
+      # version: 3.0.x
+      version: 3.0.100-preview8-013656
       installationPath: $(DotNetCoreSdkDir)
       includePreviewVersions: true
   - script: ./eng/scripts/ci-source-build.sh --ci --configuration Release /p:BuildManaged=true /p:BuildNodeJs=false