diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 1b441f7f653871..66e518803b59c9 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@
 
   <!-- Language configuration -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- default to allowing all language features -->
-    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
-    <LangVersion Condition="'$(Language)' == 'C#'">preview</LangVersion>
     <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
 
     <!-- Resource naming bug: https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/issues/4740 -->
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index 6b77ac258ebdd9..aa09db11f42053 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
     <GeneratedAssemblyInfoFile>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine('$(IntermediateOutputPath)','$(MSBuildProjectName).AssemblyInfo$(DefaultLanguageSourceExtension)'))</GeneratedAssemblyInfoFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Language configuration -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- default to allowing all language features -->
+    <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
+    <LangVersion Condition="'$(Language)' == 'VB'">latest</LangVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!--
     All source inputs to the compiler should be generated before BeforeCompile target. Sdk is not
     honoring this for GenerateAssemblyInfo target. https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/10614