diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 9598c5541b33..4e331dfa4d9d 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
     <SystemSecurityPermissionsPackageVersion>4.5.0</SystemSecurityPermissionsPackageVersion>
     <SystemSecurityPrincipalWindowsPackageVersion>4.5.1</SystemSecurityPrincipalWindowsPackageVersion>
     <SystemServiceProcessServiceControllerPackageVersion>4.5.0</SystemServiceProcessServiceControllerPackageVersion>
-    <SystemTextEncodingsWebPackageVersion>4.5.0</SystemTextEncodingsWebPackageVersion>
+    <SystemTextEncodingsWebPackageVersion>4.5.1</SystemTextEncodingsWebPackageVersion>
     <SystemThreadingChannelsPackageVersion>4.5.0</SystemThreadingChannelsPackageVersion>
     <SystemThreadingTasksDataflowPackageVersion>4.9.0</SystemThreadingTasksDataflowPackageVersion>
     <SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPackageVersion>4.5.4</SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPackageVersion>
diff --git a/build/external-dependencies.props b/build/external-dependencies.props
index 7e80a4cef626..dd32d960f16d 100644
--- a/build/external-dependencies.props
+++ b/build/external-dependencies.props
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
     <ExternalDependency Include="System.Security.Permissions" Version="$(SystemSecurityPermissionsPackageVersion)" />
     <ExternalDependency Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="$(SystemSecurityPrincipalWindowsPackageVersion)" />
     <ExternalDependency Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="$(SystemServiceProcessServiceControllerPackageVersion)" />
-    <ExternalDependency Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingsWebPackageVersion)" />
+    <ExternalDependency Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingsWebPackageVersion)" AppMetapackage="true" AllMetapackage="true" MetapackageVersionRangeType="Minimum" />
     <ExternalDependency Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="$(SystemThreadingChannelsPackageVersion)" />
     <ExternalDependency Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow" Version="$(SystemThreadingTasksDataflowPackageVersion)" />
     <ExternalDependency Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="$(SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
diff --git a/eng/Baseline.Designer.props b/eng/Baseline.Designer.props
index e9d5ae0b60f1..17d630ae7d28 100644
--- a/eng/Baseline.Designer.props
+++ b/eng/Baseline.Designer.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MSBuildAllProjects>$(MSBuildAllProjects);$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)</MSBuildAllProjects>
-    <AspNetCoreBaselineVersion>2.1.25</AspNetCoreBaselineVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreBaselineVersion>2.1.26</AspNetCoreBaselineVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Package: dotnet-dev-certs-->
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(PackageId)' == 'dotnet-dev-certs' ">
diff --git a/eng/Baseline.xml b/eng/Baseline.xml
index 072ee149e95b..a965010661e4 100644
--- a/eng/Baseline.xml
+++ b/eng/Baseline.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This file contains a list of all the packages and their versions which were rele
 build of ASP.NET Core 2.1.x. Update this list when preparing for a new patch.
 
 -->
-<Baseline Version="2.1.25">
+<Baseline Version="2.1.26">
   <Package Id="dotnet-dev-certs" Version="2.1.1" />
   <Package Id="dotnet-sql-cache" Version="2.1.1" />
   <Package Id="dotnet-user-secrets" Version="2.1.1" />
diff --git a/korebuild-lock.txt b/korebuild-lock.txt
index b10f4b294ddd..4ebdda95e912 100644
--- a/korebuild-lock.txt
+++ b/korebuild-lock.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version:2.1.7-build-20210209.2
-commithash:e2b019a5c8d338b060644e2ea5437beea1f5a888
+version:2.1.7-build-20210309.1
+commithash:661bf72b3a220a08f26c1919c6f33113e894466d
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index 3478f3fdb782..ca2650e53600 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1;net461</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TestGroupName>Hosting.Tests</TestGroupName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests.csproj b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests.csproj
index d40f17e64ac4..5dae3cd340c6 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1;net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <TestGroupName>Kestrel.Tests</TestGroupName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Tests.csproj b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Tests.csproj
index 4aa1f389e4cd..21a58c3c63b8 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Tests.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1;net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
+    <TestGroupName>Kestrel.Tests</TestGroupName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index 3f18cada9a36..1cb6bef23f0e 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <AspNetCoreMajorVersion>2</AspNetCoreMajorVersion>
     <AspNetCoreMinorVersion>1</AspNetCoreMinorVersion>
     <AspNetCorePatchVersion>27</AspNetCorePatchVersion>
-    <ValidateBaseline>false</ValidateBaseline>
+    <ValidateBaseline>true</ValidateBaseline>
 
     <PreReleaseLabel>servicing</PreReleaseLabel>
     <PreReleaseBrandingLabel>Servicing</PreReleaseBrandingLabel>