Packaging with TDS and Sitecore 8 Update 3

This will be a really quick one. If you are using TDS and Sitecore 8 Update 3 that just came out yesterday you may see the following when building an .update package:

Building .Sandbox-Package..Package_Sandbox-PackageScore.TDS.Core.update
Inner Exception Object reference not set to an instance of an object.(System.NullReferenceException):
   at Sitecore.Update.Utils.ConfigurationUtils.GetConfiguration(ConfigReader reader)
   at Sitecore.Update.Utils.ConfigurationUtils.GetConfigNodes(String xpath, ConfigReader reader)
   at Sitecore.Update.Configuration.Factory.ReloadSettings()
   at Sitecore.Update.Commands.BaseFileCommand.Serialize(XmlWriter writer, SerializationContext context)
   at Sitecore.Update.Commands.SerializationCommandFactory.SerializeCommand(ICommand command, XmlWriter writer, SerializationContext context)
   at Sitecore.Update.Installer.CommandToEntryConverter.ConvertFileOperationCommand(BaseFileCommand entry, Stream file)
   at Sitecore.Update.Installer.CommandToEntryConverter.Convert(ICommand entry)
   at Sitecore.Update.Installer.CommandToEntryConverter.InternalConvert(ICommand entry, IProcessingContext context)
   at Sitecore.Install.Framework.BaseConverter`1.Convert(T entry, IProcessingContext context)
   at Sitecore.Install.Framework.BaseSource`1.InternalSink.Put(T entry)
   at Sitecore.Install.Framework.FilteringSink`1.Put(T entry)
   at Sitecore.Update.Installer.CommandSource.InternalPopulate(ISink`1 sink)
   at Sitecore.Install.Framework.BaseSource`1.Populate(ISink`1 sink)
   at Sitecore.Install.PackageProject.InternalPopulate(ISink`1 sink)
   at Sitecore.Install.Framework.BaseSource`1.Populate(ISink`1 sink)
   at Sitecore.Install.Utils.EntrySorter.Populate(ISink`1 sink)
   at Sitecore.Install.PackageGenerator.GeneratePackage(PackageProject solution, ISink`1 writer)
   at Sitecore.Update.Engine.PackageGenerator.GeneratePackage(DiffInfo diff, String licenseFile, String outputPath)
Exception Cannot generate package: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.(System.Exception):
   at Sitecore.Update.Engine.PackageGenerator.GeneratePackage(DiffInfo diff, String licenseFile, String outputPath)
   at HedgehogDevelopment.SitecoreProject.PackageBuilder.PackageBuilder.P(P ?)
   at HedgehogDevelopment.SitecoreProject.PackageBuilder.u.P(String[] ?)

Workaround
Use Sitecore.Update.dll from Update 2 as a quick workaround.
Solution

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Charlie Turano from Hedgehog TDS Support Team sent me the updated HedgehogDevelopment.SitecoreProject.PackageBuilder.exe.config with the following change:

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