diff --git a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/AnomalyDetection-Sales/SpikeDetectionE2EApp/SpikeDetection.WinForms/SpikeDetection.WinForms.csproj b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/AnomalyDetection-Sales/SpikeDetectionE2EApp/SpikeDetection.WinForms/SpikeDetection.WinForms.csproj
index a0b84d14c..b1cf0dc61 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/AnomalyDetection-Sales/SpikeDetectionE2EApp/SpikeDetection.WinForms/SpikeDetection.WinForms.csproj
+++ b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/AnomalyDetection-Sales/SpikeDetectionE2EApp/SpikeDetection.WinForms/SpikeDetection.WinForms.csproj
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
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     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
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       <Version>4.5.0</Version>
diff --git a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/App.config b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/App.config
index 626740df8..ae41ceaad 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/App.config
+++ b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/App.config
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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       <dependentAssembly>
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diff --git a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability.csproj b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability.csproj
index f6b0d68cf..0393a572f 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability.csproj
+++ b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability.csproj
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@
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-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.12.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=13.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.13.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="OxyPlot, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=638079a8f0bd61e9, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\OxyPlot.Core.2.0.0\lib\net45\OxyPlot.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/packages.config b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/packages.config
index 7c95dfa99..bc3c931d5 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/packages.config
+++ b/samples/csharp/end-to-end-apps/Model-Explainability/TaxiFarePrediction.Explainability/packages.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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   <package id="Microsoft.ML.CpuMath" version="1.4.0" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="Microsoft.ML.DataView" version="1.4.0" targetFramework="net472" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="12.0.2" targetFramework="net472" />
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   <package id="OxyPlot.Core" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="OxyPlot.WindowsForms" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="System.Buffers" version="4.5.0" targetFramework="net472" />
diff --git a/samples/csharp/getting-started/DatabaseLoader/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp.csproj b/samples/csharp/getting-started/DatabaseLoader/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp.csproj
index 1c89115e6..6826b456b 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/getting-started/DatabaseLoader/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp.csproj
+++ b/samples/csharp/getting-started/DatabaseLoader/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp/DatabaseLoaderConsoleApp.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML.LightGBM" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML.FastTree" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.6.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
     <None Update="SqlLocalDb\Criteo-100k-rows.mdf">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
diff --git a/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Shared/ImageClassification.Shared.csproj b/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Shared/ImageClassification.Shared.csproj
index a573c813e..ec4e60140 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Shared/ImageClassification.Shared.csproj
+++ b/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Shared/ImageClassification.Shared.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Train/ImageClassification.Train.csproj b/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Train/ImageClassification.Train.csproj
index f54037261..58d09ce84 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Train/ImageClassification.Train.csproj
+++ b/samples/csharp/getting-started/DeepLearning_ImageClassification_Training/ImageClassification.Train/ImageClassification.Train.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML.Vision" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="SciSharp.TensorFlow.Redist" Version="2.3.1" />
     <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netcoreapp2.1'" Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="4.5.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.3.3" />
     <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netcoreapp2.1'" Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="4.5.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/samples/csharp/getting-started/Forecasting_BikeSharingDemand/BikeDemandForecasting/BikeDemandForecasting.csproj b/samples/csharp/getting-started/Forecasting_BikeSharingDemand/BikeDemandForecasting/BikeDemandForecasting.csproj
index 555000c13..4aafcf08a 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/getting-started/Forecasting_BikeSharingDemand/BikeDemandForecasting/BikeDemandForecasting.csproj
+++ b/samples/csharp/getting-started/Forecasting_BikeSharingDemand/BikeDemandForecasting/BikeDemandForecasting.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML.TimeSeries" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.1" />
+  <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/csharp/getting-started/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets.csproj b/samples/csharp/getting-started/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets.csproj
index 1be7757f5..bb5bdb95c 100644
--- a/samples/csharp/getting-started/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets.csproj
+++ b/samples/csharp/getting-started/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets/LargeDatasets.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML" Version="$(MicrosoftMLVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.3.3" />
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 </Project>