NuGet 7.7 Release Notes

NuGet distribution vehicles:

NuGet version	Available in Visual Studio version	Available in .NET SDK(s)
7.7.0	Visual Studio 2026 version 18.7.0	N/A

Note

Visual Studio-only release. NuGet SDK packages are published quarterly with .NET.

Summary: What's New in 7.7.0

• Add option to not write out dependency graph spec - #14114

Issues fixed in this release

• Pin System.Security.Cryptography.Xml to 8.0.3 - #14865

• Test TSTInfo structure generation is not DER-compliant - #14838

• SourceRepositoryDependencyProvider.GetInstalledVersions returns null when packages may be available - #14837

• [Bug Bash] [Unstable] The ‘Installed’ tab was not refreshed after fixing the NuGet package vulnerabilities with GitHub Copilot - #14761

List of commits in this release

Community contributions

Thank you to all the contributors who helped make this NuGet release awesome!

• jjonescz
  • 7316 Switch file-based app integration tests to use dotnet.exe only
• nareshjo
  • 7266 Cache NUGET_DISABLE_PACKAGEID_VALIDATION env var read in PackageIdValidator.Validate to eliminate per-call allocations