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   <package id="Moq" version="4.0.10827" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.6" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NLog" version="4.4.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NUnit" version="3.5.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="RestSharp" version="105.2.3" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Update/NzbDrone.Update.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Update/NzbDrone.Update.csproj
index e5363c69de..fd9ad5fc2c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Update/NzbDrone.Update.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Update/NzbDrone.Update.csproj
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.6\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\NLog.4.4.1\lib\net40\NLog.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config b/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config
index 3b38d82e0f..b267929ea1 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.6" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NLog" version="4.4.1" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.csproj b/src/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.csproj
index 8adc0c1888..8423e7966a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.csproj
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.2.1.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.6\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\NLog.4.4.1\lib\net40\NLog.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone/packages.config b/src/NzbDrone/packages.config
index aa888c8e99..0c7772d2c0 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone/packages.config
+++ b/src/NzbDrone/packages.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <packages>
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.6" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NLog" version="4.4.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file