diff --git a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1 b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
index 861dfc95c24..e2d06e68f9d 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
+++ b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
@@ -2204,10 +2204,14 @@ function New-ReferenceAssembly
 
             $sourceProjectRoot = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "projects/reference/$assemblyName"
             $sourceProjectFile = Join-Path $sourceProjectRoot "$assemblyName.csproj"
-            Copy-Item -Path $sourceProjectFile -Destination "$projectFolder/$assemblyName.csproj" -Force
-            Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath "../../nuget.config") -Destination $projectFolder
 
-            Write-Host "##vso[artifact.upload containerfolder=artifact;artifactname=artifact]$projectFolder/$assemblyName.csproj"
+            $destProjectFile = Join-Path $projectFolder "$assemblyName.csproj"
+            $nugetConfigFile = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../../nuget.config"
+
+            Copy-Item -Path $sourceProjectFile -Destination $destProjectFile -Force -Verbose
+            Copy-Item -Path $nugetConfigFile -Destination $projectFolder -Verbose
+
+            Write-Host "##vso[artifact.upload containerfolder=artifact;artifactname=artifact]$destProjectFile"
             Write-Host "##vso[artifact.upload containerfolder=artifact;artifactname=artifact]$generatedSource"
 
             $arguments = GenerateBuildArguments -AssemblyName $assemblyName -RefAssemblyVersion $RefAssemblyVersion -SnkFilePath $SnkFilePath -SMAReferencePath $SMAReferenceAssembly
diff --git a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml
index 4e303e17439..c6f21ec81f0 100644
--- a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml
+++ b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/templates/nuget.yml
@@ -201,16 +201,18 @@ jobs:
       $packagePathList = Get-ChildItem $packagePath -Recurse | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName | Out-String
       Write-Verbose -Verbose $packagePathList
 
-      Get-ChildItem -Path $packagePath | 
+      $checksums = Get-ChildItem -Path $packagePath |
           ForEach-Object {
-            Write-Verbose -Verbose "Generating checksum file for $($_.FullName)"
-            $packageName = $_.Name
-            $hash = (Get-FileHash -Path $_.FullName -Algorithm SHA512).Hash.ToLower()
-
-            # the '*' before the packagename signifies it is a binary
-            "$hash *$packageName"
-          } |
-          Out-File -FilePath "$packagePath\SHA512SUMS" -Force
+              Write-Verbose -Verbose "Generating checksum file for $($_.FullName)"
+              $packageName = $_.Name
+              $hash = (Get-FileHash -Path $_.FullName -Algorithm SHA512).Hash.ToLower()
+
+              # the '*' before the packagename signifies it is a binary
+              "$hash *$packageName"
+          }
+
+      $checksums | Out-File -FilePath "$packagePath\SHA512SUMS" -Force
+
 
       $fileContent = Get-Content -Path "$packagePath\SHA512SUMS" -Raw | Out-String
       Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message $fileContent