diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 2382fceb..d1e18c92 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.60.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.70.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.PgVector" Version="1.60.0-preview" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="10.0.102" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.21.0" />