diff --git a/.pipelines/MSIXBundle-vPack-Official.yml b/.pipelines/MSIXBundle-vPack-Official.yml
index 997b7c458b..876da9c2af 100644
--- a/.pipelines/MSIXBundle-vPack-Official.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/MSIXBundle-vPack-Official.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
   BuildSolution: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\dirs.proj
   ReleaseTagVar: ${{ parameters.ReleaseTagVar }}
   BuildConfiguration: Release
-  WindowsContainerImage: 'onebranch.azurecr.io/windows/ltsc2019/vse2022:latest'
+  WindowsContainerImage: 'onebranch.azurecr.io/windows/ltsc2022/vse2022:latest'
   Codeql.Enabled: false  #  pipeline is not building artifacts; it repackages existing artifacts into a vpack
   DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
   POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ resources:
 extends:
   template: v2/Microsoft.Official.yml@onebranchTemplates
   parameters:
+    featureFlags:
+      WindowsHostVersion:
+        Version: 2022
     platform:
       name: 'windows_undocked' # windows undocked
 
diff --git a/.pipelines/PowerShell-Coordinated_Packages-Official.yml b/.pipelines/PowerShell-Coordinated_Packages-Official.yml
index 380c9c5516..12460e2861 100644
--- a/.pipelines/PowerShell-Coordinated_Packages-Official.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/PowerShell-Coordinated_Packages-Official.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ variables:
   - name: LinuxContainerImage
     value: mcr.microsoft.com/onebranch/azurelinux/build:3.0
   - name: WindowsContainerImage
-    value: onebranch.azurecr.io/windows/ltsc2019/vse2022:latest
+    value: onebranch.azurecr.io/windows/ltsc2022/vse2022:latest
   - name: CDP_DEFINITION_BUILD_COUNT
     value: $[counter('', 0)]
   - name: ReleaseTagVar
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ extends:
       LinuxHostVersion:
           Network: KS3
       WindowsHostVersion:
+          Version: 2022
           Network: KS3
       incrementalSDLBinaryAnalysis: true
     globalSdl:
diff --git a/.pipelines/PowerShell-vPack-Official.yml b/.pipelines/PowerShell-vPack-Official.yml
index 653f9628e7..f7faeb3065 100644
--- a/.pipelines/PowerShell-vPack-Official.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/PowerShell-vPack-Official.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ variables:
   - name: BuildConfiguration
     value: Release
   - name: WindowsContainerImage
-    value: 'onebranch.azurecr.io/windows/ltsc2019/vse2022:latest'
+    value: 'onebranch.azurecr.io/windows/ltsc2022/vse2022:latest'
   - name: Codeql.Enabled
     value: false  #  pipeline is not building artifacts; it repackages existing artifacts into a vpack
   - name: DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT
diff --git a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1 b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
index e9b22715d7..51498d7b04 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
+++ b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ function Get-PackageDependencies
         #   than the build version and we know that older versions just works.
         #
         $MinICUVersion = 60                    # runtime minimum supported
-        $BuildICUVersion = Get-IcuLatestRelease
+        $BuildICUVersion = 76                  # current build version
         $MaxICUVersion = $BuildICUVersion + 30 # headroom
 
         if ($Distribution -eq 'deb') {
@@ -5812,15 +5812,3 @@ function Test-IsProductFile {
 
     return $false
 }
-
-# Get major version from latest ICU release (latest: stable version)
-function Get-IcuLatestRelease {
-    $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/latest"
-    $tagUrl = ($response.Links | Where-Object href -like "*releases/tag/release-*")[0].href
-
-    if ($tagUrl -match 'release-(\d+)\.') {
-       return [int]$Matches[1]
-    }
-
-    throw "Unable to determine the latest ICU release version."
-}