diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index 7dfc8352..cd77d062 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Copy-Item -Path "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\7zip\*" -Destination "$Out" -Recurse
 Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\NuGet.exe" -Destination "$Out"
 Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\rcedit.exe" -Destination "$Out"
 Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\signtool.exe" -Destination "$Out"
+Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\singlefilehost.exe" -Destination "$Out"
 
 Remove-Item "$Out\*.pdb"
 
diff --git a/src/SquirrelCli/HelperExe.cs b/src/SquirrelCli/HelperExe.cs
index 4b9709d2..2d4a22e6 100644
--- a/src/SquirrelCli/HelperExe.cs
+++ b/src/SquirrelCli/HelperExe.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace SquirrelCli
         public static string SetupPath => FindHelperExecutable("Setup.exe", _searchPaths);
         public static string UpdatePath => FindHelperExecutable("Update.exe", _searchPaths);
         public static string StubExecutablePath => FindHelperExecutable("StubExecutable.exe", _searchPaths);
+        public static string SingleFileHostPath => FindHelperExecutable("singlefilehost.exe", _searchPaths);
 
         // private so we don't expose paths to internal tools. these should be exposed as a helper function
         private static string NugetPath => FindHelperExecutable("NuGet.exe", _searchPaths);
diff --git a/src/SquirrelCli/SingleFileBundle.cs b/src/SquirrelCli/SingleFileBundle.cs
index 4ad13dd5..ebd33b94 100644
--- a/src/SquirrelCli/SingleFileBundle.cs
+++ b/src/SquirrelCli/SingleFileBundle.cs
@@ -28,15 +28,8 @@ namespace SquirrelCli
         public static async Task UpdateSingleFileIcon(string sourceFile, string destinationFile, string iconPath)
         {
             using var d = Utility.WithTempDirectory(out var tmpdir);
-            var hostPath = Path.Combine(tmpdir, "singlefilehost.exe");
             var sourceName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(sourceFile);
 
-            // extract bundled host to file
-            using (var hostStream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("SquirrelCli.singlefilehost.exe"))
-            using (var file = new FileStream(hostPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)) {
-                hostStream.CopyTo(file);
-            }
-
             // extract Update.exe to tmp dir
             Log.Info("Extracting Update.exe resources to temp directory");
             DumpPackageAssemblies(sourceFile, tmpdir);
@@ -44,13 +37,12 @@ namespace SquirrelCli
             // create new app host
             var newAppHost = Path.Combine(tmpdir, sourceName + ".exe");
             HostWriter.CreateAppHost(
-                hostPath, // input file
+                HelperExe.SingleFileHostPath, // input file
                 newAppHost, // output file
                 sourceName + ".dll", // entry point, relative to apphost
                 true, // isGui?
                 Path.Combine(tmpdir, sourceName + ".dll") // copy exe resources from?
             );
-            File.Delete(hostPath);
 
             // set new icon
             Log.Info("Patching Update.exe icon");
diff --git a/src/SquirrelCli/SquirrelCli.csproj b/src/SquirrelCli/SquirrelCli.csproj
index 2d85e4eb..80b3c9dd 100644
--- a/src/SquirrelCli/SquirrelCli.csproj
+++ b/src/SquirrelCli/SquirrelCli.csproj
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- Requires SDK 6.0.100, used for re-compiling Update.exe with a new icon. I think it's important to take this from the SDK -->
-    <!-- during build, so the bundled version of the singlefilehost matches the one used by msbuild when it first created Update.exe -->
-    <Reference Include="C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\6.0.100\Microsoft.NET.HostModel.dll" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x86\6.0.0\runtimes\win-x86\native\singlefilehost.exe" />
+    <Reference Include="..\..\vendor\Microsoft.NET.HostModel.dll" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/vendor/Microsoft.NET.HostModel.dll b/vendor/Microsoft.NET.HostModel.dll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cd23a1a
Binary files /dev/null and b/vendor/Microsoft.NET.HostModel.dll differ
diff --git a/vendor/singlefilehost.exe b/vendor/singlefilehost.exe
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..307067b7
Binary files /dev/null and b/vendor/singlefilehost.exe differ