diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index fb81a09ab03..21852b666b0 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -16,23 +16,24 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1,6.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features" Version="[2.1.1,6.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="[4.7.0]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.0,)" />
 
     <!--
-        Typically, the latest stable version of Microsoft.Extensions.Logging should be used here because:
-        1) Each major version bump will have some new API capabilities (e.g. .NET 6 introduced compile-time logging
+        Typically, for the Microsoft.Extensions.* packages relating to DI Abstractions, Hosting Abstractions, and Logging,
+        the latest stable version should be used because:
+        1) Each major version bump will have some new API capabilities (e.g.For Logging, .NET 6 introduced compile-time logging
           source generation, .NET 8 introduced automatic event id generation).
         2) Each minor version bump is normally security hotfixes or critical bug fixes.
         3) Since version 3.1.0, the .NET runtime team is holding a high bar for backward compatibility on
-          Microsoft.Extensions.Logging even during major version bumps, so compatibility is not a concern here.
+          these packages even during major version bumps, so compatibility is not a concern here.
     -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
 
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
+
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions" Version="$(OTelLatestStableVer)" />
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="[2.56.2,3.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PublicApiAnalyzers" Version="[3.11.0-beta1.23402.2]" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="2.1.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="[3.1.6,5.0)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="3.1.20" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="[6.0.0,)" />
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e124c39ecb..c4abeb17c12 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Updated `Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions` package
+  version to `8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6`.
+  ([#5015](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5015))
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md
index 3739a6d6f55..3032509ec82 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Updated `Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions` package
+  version to `8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6`.
+  ([#5015](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5015))
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
index 07d8187ca5a..d09e31da0bb 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Updated `Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration` and
+  `Microsoft.Extensions.Options` package version to `8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6`.
+  ([#5015](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5015))
+
 ## 1.6.0-beta.2
 
 Released 2023-Oct-26