diff --git a/.releaserc.cjs b/.releaserc.cjs
index e2be963bf9..21f6d9af3e 100644
--- a/.releaserc.cjs
+++ b/.releaserc.cjs
@@ -15,6 +15,30 @@
   `npx semantic-release --branches main`
 */
 
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+/**
+ * Function to parse a simple properties file
+ * @param {string} filePath - Path to the properties file
+ * @returns {Object} Parsed properties as key-value pairs
+ */
+function parsePropertiesFile(filePath) {
+  const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+  const properties = {};
+
+  content.split("\n").forEach((line) => {
+    if (line && !line.startsWith("#") && line.includes("=")) {
+      const [key, ...valueParts] = line.split("=");
+      properties[key.trim()] = valueParts.join("=").trim();
+    }
+  });
+
+  return properties;
+}
+
+// Read your project.properties file
+const props = parsePropertiesFile("./project.properties");
+
 // This project has several runtimes
 // each one has files that need to be updated.
 // We model all the files and the runtimes here in this structure
@@ -122,6 +146,13 @@ module.exports = {
             results: Object.keys(Runtimes.net).map(CheckResults),
             countMatches: true,
           },
+          {
+            files: Object.keys(Runtimes.net),
+            from: '<ProjectReference Include="../../../submodules/MaterialProviders/AwsCryptographicMaterialProviders/runtimes/net/MPL.csproj"/>',
+            to: `<PackageReference Include="AWS.Cryptography.MaterialProviders" Version="[${props.mplDependencyNetVersion}]" />`,
+            results: Object.keys(Runtimes.net).map(CheckResults),
+            countMatches: true,
+          },
           // Update the AssmeblyInfo.cs file of the DotNet projects
           ...Object.entries(Runtimes.net).flatMap(
             ([file, { assemblyInfo }]) => ({
diff --git a/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/net/DynamoDbEncryption.csproj b/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/net/DynamoDbEncryption.csproj
index 97639652e0..bddba56f62 100644
--- a/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/net/DynamoDbEncryption.csproj
+++ b/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/net/DynamoDbEncryption.csproj
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
     <!-- See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/concepts/package-versioning?tabs=semver20sort#version-ranges   -->
     <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.Core" Version="[3.7.*, 4.0)" />
     <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.DynamoDBv2" Version="[3.7.*, 4.0)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="AWS.Cryptography.MaterialProviders" Version="[1.11.2]" />
+    <!-- Before releasing a new DBESDK version ensure to pin the MPL -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="../../../submodules/MaterialProviders/AwsCryptographicMaterialProviders/runtimes/net/MPL.csproj"/>
     <!--
       System.Collections.Immutable can be removed once dafny.msbuild is updated with
       https://github.com/dafny-lang/dafny.msbuild/pull/10 and versioned
diff --git a/project.properties b/project.properties
index 9b0227e65c..84418bd77b 100644
--- a/project.properties
+++ b/project.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 projectJavaVersion=3.9.1
 mplDependencyJavaVersion=1.11.2-SNAPSHOT
+mplDependencyNetVersion=1.11.2
 dafnyVersion=4.9.0
 dafnyVerifyVersion=4.9.1
 dafnyRuntimeJavaVersion=4.9.0
diff --git a/submodules/MaterialProviders b/submodules/MaterialProviders
index 7d126df3c5..734c1a31fc 160000
--- a/submodules/MaterialProviders
+++ b/submodules/MaterialProviders
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7d126df3c577ba2f8bebcf6ffe4d0474b3e32089
+Subproject commit 734c1a31fc4521dc0653433565d5d6171e61d1ac