diff --git a/src/OmniSharp.Script/ScriptProjectProvider.cs b/src/OmniSharp.Script/ScriptProjectProvider.cs
index 6f49c9fa8f..817c9d8935 100644
--- a/src/OmniSharp.Script/ScriptProjectProvider.cs
+++ b/src/OmniSharp.Script/ScriptProjectProvider.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class ScriptProjectProvider
             "System.Threading.Tasks"
         };
 
-        private static readonly CSharpParseOptions ParseOptions = new CSharpParseOptions(LanguageVersion.CSharp8, DocumentationMode.Parse, SourceCodeKind.Script);
+        private static readonly CSharpParseOptions ParseOptions = new CSharpParseOptions(LanguageVersion.Latest, DocumentationMode.Parse, SourceCodeKind.Script);
 
         private readonly Lazy<CSharpCompilationOptions> _compilationOptions;
         private readonly Lazy<CSharpCommandLineArguments> _commandLineArgs;
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ private CSharpCompilationOptions CreateCompilationOptions()
 
             compilationOptions = compilationOptions
                 .WithAllowUnsafe(true)
-
                 .WithMetadataReferenceResolver(metadataReferenceResolver)
                 .WithSourceReferenceResolver(sourceResolver)
                 .WithAssemblyIdentityComparer(DesktopAssemblyIdentityComparer.Default)
diff --git a/tests/OmniSharp.Script.Tests/ScriptProjectProviderTests.cs b/tests/OmniSharp.Script.Tests/ScriptProjectProviderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9339fba6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/OmniSharp.Script.Tests/ScriptProjectProviderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using OmniSharp.Services;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace OmniSharp.Script.Tests
+{
+    public class ScriptProjectProviderTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void DefaultLanguageVersionShouldBeLatest()
+        {
+            var scriptProjectProvider = new ScriptProjectProvider(new ScriptOptions(), new OmniSharpEnvironment(), new LoggerFactory(), true, false);
+            var scriptProjectInfo = scriptProjectProvider.CreateProject("test.csx", Enumerable.Empty<MetadataReference>(), Path.GetTempPath(), typeof(CommandLineScriptGlobals));
+            Assert.Equal(LanguageVersion.Latest, ((CSharpParseOptions)scriptProjectInfo.ParseOptions).SpecifiedLanguageVersion);
+            Assert.Equal(LanguageVersion.CSharp9, ((CSharpParseOptions)scriptProjectInfo.ParseOptions).LanguageVersion);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/OmniSharp.Script.Tests/WorkspaceInformationTests.cs b/tests/OmniSharp.Script.Tests/WorkspaceInformationTests.cs
index 4f0ef5fbd7..626d4949c2 100644
--- a/tests/OmniSharp.Script.Tests/WorkspaceInformationTests.cs
+++ b/tests/OmniSharp.Script.Tests/WorkspaceInformationTests.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting.Hosting;
 using OmniSharp.Models.FilesChanged;
 using OmniSharp.Models.WorkspaceInformation;