diff --git a/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests.csproj b/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests.csproj
index ec1beda515..05d47c055b 100644
--- a/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="3.5.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="3.5.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NAudio" Version="2.2.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Twilio" Version="5.37.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Twilio" Version="7.2.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio.csproj b/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio.csproj
index 9fb3a165fd..13ad5b332d 100644
--- a/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio.csproj
+++ b/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
     <Description>Library for connecting bots with Twilio SMS API.</Description>
     <Summary>This library implements C# classes for Twilio adapter.</Summary>
     <PackageTags>msbot-component;msbot-adapter</PackageTags>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
     <!-- The Twilio package isn't signed, so supress the warning. There seems to not be a way to supress this for ONLY Twilio. -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CS8002</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
     
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Twilio" Version="5.37.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Twilio" Version="7.2.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Integration.AspNet.Core" Condition=" '$(ReleasePackageVersion)' == '' " Version="$(LocalPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Integration.AspNet.Core" Condition=" '$(ReleasePackageVersion)' != '' " Version="$(ReleasePackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/TwilioHelper.cs b/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/TwilioHelper.cs
index 1cd311f141..25e1d0dfd1 100644
--- a/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/TwilioHelper.cs
+++ b/libraries/Adapters/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio/TwilioHelper.cs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public static Dictionary<string, string> QueryStringToDictionary(string query)
                 return values;
             }
 
-            var pairs = query.Replace("+", "%20").Split('&');
+            var pairs = query.Replace("+", "%20", StringComparison.InvariantCulture).Split('&');
 
             foreach (var p in pairs)
             {