diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/System.Management.Automation.csproj b/src/System.Management.Automation/System.Management.Automation.csproj
index c94c51b1fa4..643abeaf98b 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/System.Management.Automation.csproj
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/System.Management.Automation.csproj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <!-- the following package(s) are from https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json -->
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="12.0.2" />
     <!-- the Application Insights package -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.10.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.11.0" />
     <!-- the following package(s) are from https://github.com/dotnet/corefx -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl" Version="4.6.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.6.0" />
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/Telemetry.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/Telemetry.cs
index ecd1a126aee..8551edfa863 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/Telemetry.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/Telemetry.cs
@@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ static ApplicationInsightsTelemetry()
             CanSendTelemetry = !Utils.GetOptOutEnvVariableAsBool(name: _telemetryOptoutEnvVar, defaultValue: false);
             if (CanSendTelemetry)
             {
-                s_telemetryClient = new TelemetryClient();
-                TelemetryConfiguration.Active.InstrumentationKey = _psCoreTelemetryKey;
+                TelemetryConfiguration configuration = TelemetryConfiguration.CreateDefault();
+                configuration.InstrumentationKey = _psCoreTelemetryKey;
 
                 // Set this to true to reduce latency during development
-                TelemetryConfiguration.Active.TelemetryChannel.DeveloperMode = false;
+                configuration.TelemetryChannel.DeveloperMode = false;
+
+                s_telemetryClient = new TelemetryClient(configuration);
                 s_sessionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
 
                 // use a hashset when looking for module names, it should be quicker than a string comparison