diff --git a/src/ConfigurationRemotingServer/ConfigurationRemotingServer.csproj b/src/ConfigurationRemotingServer/ConfigurationRemotingServer.csproj
index 35c1060c2f..8969d43170 100644
--- a/src/ConfigurationRemotingServer/ConfigurationRemotingServer.csproj
+++ b/src/ConfigurationRemotingServer/ConfigurationRemotingServer.csproj
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 
   <Import Project="..\targets\ReferenceEmbeddedCsWinRTProject.targets" />
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.Management.Configuration.Processor\Microsoft.Management.Configuration.Processor.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.Management.Configuration\Microsoft.Management.Configuration.vcxproj" />
diff --git a/src/Directory.Packages.props b/src/Directory.Packages.props
index baf25809b7..0c7245b91d 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -9,31 +9,27 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="3.1.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.23.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" Version="5.2.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.18" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Msix.Utils" Version="2.1.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.3.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK" Version="7.4.12" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK" Version="7.4.18" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.1.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.3.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts" Version="10.0.26100.1742" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ModelContextProtocol" Version="0.3.0-preview.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="nunit" Version="4.6.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="6.2.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Octokit" Version="4.0.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Octokit" Version="4.0.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="PowerShellStandard.Library" Version="5.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Semver" Version="2.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.1.118" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.9.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="4.3.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="8.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.18" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.4.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.5" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests.csproj
index fcd1754491..79f90b28dc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests/Microsoft.Management.Configuration.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Private.Uri" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
diff --git a/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets.csproj b/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets.csproj
index abda34d2da..241605f9ba 100644
--- a/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets.csproj
+++ b/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Client.Cmdlets.csproj
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
     <PackageReference Include="PowerShellStandard.Library" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets.csproj b/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets.csproj
index 7426888cd2..0dfd17981c 100644
--- a/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets.csproj
+++ b/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Cmdlets.csproj
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
     <PackageReference Include="PowerShellStandard.Library" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine.csproj b/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine.csproj
index 3aa35d3718..8fef1854c7 100644
--- a/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine.csproj
+++ b/src/PowerShell/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine/Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration.Engine.csproj
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
     <PackageReference Include="PowerShellStandard.Library" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/src/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests.csproj b/src/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests.csproj
index f412199740..2ea857a0c7 100644
--- a/src/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests/WinGetUtilInterop.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Msix.Utils" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" />
     <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" />