diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Hosting/Extensibility/ExtensionServiceProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Hosting/Extensibility/ExtensionServiceProvider.cs
index d39f92cf..2b69cd07 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Hosting/Extensibility/ExtensionServiceProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Hosting/Extensibility/ExtensionServiceProvider.cs
@@ -230,8 +230,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.Extensibility
                 var apiApplicationFileInfo = new FileInfo($"{folderPath}{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}{assemblyName.Name}.dll");
                 if (File.Exists(apiApplicationFileInfo.FullName))
                 {
-                    var asl = new AssemblyLoader(apiApplicationFileInfo.DirectoryName);
-                    return asl.LoadFromAssemblyPath(apiApplicationFileInfo.FullName);
+                    // Creating a new AssemblyContext instance for the same folder puts us at risk 
+                    // of loading the same DLL in multiple contexts, which leads to some unpredictable
+                    // behavior in the loader. See https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/issues/19632
+
+                    return LoadFromAssemblyPath(apiApplicationFileInfo.FullName);
                 }
             }
             return Assembly.Load(assemblyName);