diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/PackageParser.cs b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/PackageParser.cs
index 98b532bf..8941c464 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/PackageParser.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/PackageParser.cs
@@ -919,8 +919,14 @@ private static AppxMetadata GetAppxMetadataAndSetInstallerProperties(string path
 
                     // Only create installer nodes for non-resource packages
                     foreach (var childPackage in bundle.ChildAppxPackages.Where(p => p.PackageType == PackageType.Application))
-                    {
-                        var appxFile = bundle.AppxBundleReader.GetPayloadPackage(childPackage.RelativeFilePath);
+                    {
+                        // Ignore stub packages.
+                        if (childPackage.RelativeFilePath.StartsWith("AppxMetadata\\Stub", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        var appxFile = bundle.AppxBundleReader.GetPayloadPackage(childPackage.RelativeFilePath);
                         appxMetadatas.Add(new AppxMetadata(appxFile.GetStream()));
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj b/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj
index 55e9a4bd..dca2c66c 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="jose-jwt" Version="3.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CorrelationVector" Version="1.0.42" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Msix.Utils" Version="2.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Msix.Utils" Version="2.1.1" />
     <!--https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/package-references-in-project-files#generatepathproperty-->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.Utils" Version="1.3.8" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Schema" Version="3.0.14" />