diff --git a/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.bicep b/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.bicep
index 0b1ae0f9..ebac4fe3 100644
--- a/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.bicep
+++ b/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.bicep
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ resource webAppConfig 'Microsoft.Web/sites/config@2022-09-01' = {
     linuxFxVersion: 'PYTHON|3.10'
     requestTracingEnabled: false
     remoteDebuggingEnabled: false
-    remoteDebuggingVersion: 'VS2017'
+    remoteDebuggingVersion: 'VS2022'
     httpLoggingEnabled: true
     logsDirectorySizeLimit: 35
     detailedErrorLoggingEnabled: false
diff --git a/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.json b/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.json
index 5e1b146c..174aead0 100644
--- a/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.json
+++ b/apps/backend/botservice/azuredeploy-backend.json
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
         "linuxFxVersion": "PYTHON|3.10",
         "requestTracingEnabled": false,
         "remoteDebuggingEnabled": false,
-        "remoteDebuggingVersion": "VS2017",
+        "remoteDebuggingVersion": "VS2022",
         "httpLoggingEnabled": true,
         "logsDirectorySizeLimit": 35,
         "detailedErrorLoggingEnabled": false,
@@ -412,4 +412,4 @@
       "value": "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', variables('webAppName')), '2022-09-01').defaultHostName]"
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}