diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 93aecf540..2ca5d9366 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   <ProductDependencies>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="6.0.0-beta.20573.2">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="6.0.0-beta.20601.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>35bddd4fbfab8da3518fb920250d7c9e0c3138ff</Sha>
+      <Sha>6d8efa00a7dd2d15e07df673a83cecb8a0a3031f</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.sh b/eng/common/tools.sh
index 98186e784..871527241 100755
--- a/eng/common/tools.sh
+++ b/eng/common/tools.sh
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function with_retries {
       return 0
     fi
 
-    timeout=$((2**$retries-1))
+    timeout=$((3**$retries-1))
     echo "Failed to execute '$@'. Waiting $timeout seconds before next attempt ($retries out of $maxRetries)." 1>&2
     sleep $timeout
   done
@@ -271,10 +271,14 @@ function GetDotNetInstallScript {
 
     # Use curl if available, otherwise use wget
     if command -v curl > /dev/null; then
-      with_retries curl "$install_script_url" -sSL --retry 10 --create-dirs -o "$install_script" || {
-        local exit_code=$?
-        Write-PipelineTelemetryError -category 'InitializeToolset' "Failed to acquire dotnet install script (exit code '$exit_code')."
-        ExitWithExitCode $exit_code
+      # first, try directly, if this fails we will retry with verbose logging
+      curl "$install_script_url" -sSL --retry 10 --create-dirs -o "$install_script" || {
+        echo "curl failed; will now retry with verbose logging."
+        with_retries curl "$install_script_url" -sSL --verbose --retry 10 --create-dirs -o "$install_script" || {
+          local exit_code=$?
+          Write-PipelineTelemetryError -category 'InitializeToolset' "Failed to acquire dotnet install script (exit code '$exit_code')."
+          ExitWithExitCode $exit_code
+        }
       }
     else
       with_retries wget -v -O "$install_script" "$install_script_url" || {
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 87e9dc764..e22d97339 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     "xcopy-msbuild": "16.8.0-preview2.1"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "6.0.0-beta.20573.2"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "6.0.0-beta.20601.2"
   }
 }