diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5101737c..ce72437c 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
   "omnisharp.enableEditorConfigSupport": true,
   "omnisharp.enableRoslynAnalyzers": true,
   "dotnet.completion.showCompletionItemsFromUnimportedNamespaces": true,
-  "editor.formatOnSave": true
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+  "[xml]": {
+    "editor.wordWrap": "off"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index a9e7ebd9..04bdaebe 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index ea7b6e6f..cc8184aa 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Workaround https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/issues/1718 -->
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index a7a2c037..b8f41214 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <!-- https://learn.microsoft.com/nuget/consume-packages/central-package-management -->
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 5e648d5e..9ba7818d 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <!-- Include and reference README in nuget package, if a README is in the project directory. -->
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Directory.Build.targets
index c1d929a5..07f41346 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)AssemblyInfo.cs" />
diff --git a/test/Directory.Build.props b/test/Directory.Build.props
index 1ca1ec44..395359dd 100644
--- a/test/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/test/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFile), $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..))" />
 
diff --git a/test/Directory.Build.targets b/test/Directory.Build.targets
index 052fe3ef..a6e0f4ac 100644
--- a/test/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/test/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFile), $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..))" />
 </Project>