diff --git a/eng/Directory.Packages.props b/eng/Directory.Packages.props
index fb7fcdf5f646d..cb98540dea5a2 100644
--- a/eng/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/eng/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.core" Version="$(_xunitVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.Combinatorial" Version="1.6.24" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.extensibility.core" Version="$(_xunitVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.utility" Version="$(_xunitVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.abstractions" Version="2.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.extensibility.execution" Version="$(_xunitVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer.UnitTests/VirtualProjectXmlProviderTests.cs b/src/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer.UnitTests/VirtualProjectXmlProviderTests.cs
index 09b63ac338ae5..b4809eb519cd4 100644
--- a/src/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer.UnitTests/VirtualProjectXmlProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer.UnitTests/VirtualProjectXmlProviderTests.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ private async Task<VirtualProjectXmlProvider> GetProjectXmlProviderAsync()
         return exportProvider.GetExportedValue<VirtualProjectXmlProvider>();
     }
 
-    [Fact]
+    [Fact(Skip = "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/79464")]
     public async Task GetProjectXml_FileBasedProgram_SdkTooOld_01()
     {
         var projectProvider = await GetProjectXmlProviderAsync();