diff --git a/src/Tasks/ManifestUtil/ManifestReader.cs b/src/Tasks/ManifestUtil/ManifestReader.cs
index f10c0d2a963..013388c22d7 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/ManifestUtil/ManifestReader.cs
+++ b/src/Tasks/ManifestUtil/ManifestReader.cs
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ public static Manifest ReadManifest(string manifestType, Stream input, bool pres
         private static Manifest Deserialize(Stream s)
         {
             s.Position = 0;
-            using var r = new XmlTextReader(s) { DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Ignore };
-
+            var settings = new XmlReaderSettings { DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Ignore, CloseInput = false };
+            using XmlReader r = XmlReader.Create(s, settings);
             do
             {
                 r.Read();