diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d77adffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform" Version="5.4.7" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK" Version="17.3.32804.24" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.3.2093" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="6.0.10" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/nuget/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp.csproj b/test/nuget/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp.csproj
index 57f14194d..d756e19b7 100644
--- a/test/nuget/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp.csproj
+++ b/test/nuget/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp/TestRuntimeComponentCSharp.csproj
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform">
-      <Version>5.4.7</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform"/>
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '' or '$(VisualStudioVersion)' &lt; '14.0' ">
     <VisualStudioVersion>14.0</VisualStudioVersion>
diff --git a/vsix/Dev16/vsix.Dev16.csproj b/vsix/Dev16/vsix.Dev16.csproj
index dfb870ee1..72b9b4098 100644
--- a/vsix/Dev16/vsix.Dev16.csproj
+++ b/vsix/Dev16/vsix.Dev16.csproj
@@ -84,16 +84,15 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK" ExcludeAssets="runtime">
-      <Version>16.10.31321.278</Version>
+      <VersionOverride>16.10.31321.278</VersionOverride>
       <IncludeAssets>compile; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools">
-      <Version>17.3.2093</Version>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="6.0.10" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="$(VSIXRootDir)Resources\VSPackage.resx">
diff --git a/vsix/Dev17/vsix.Dev17.csproj b/vsix/Dev17/vsix.Dev17.csproj
index be0cf3d17..3326ce6fa 100644
--- a/vsix/Dev17/vsix.Dev17.csproj
+++ b/vsix/Dev17/vsix.Dev17.csproj
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
     <Folder Include="x64\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK" Version="17.3.32804.24" ExcludeAssets="runtime">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK" ExcludeAssets="runtime">
       <IncludeAssets>compile; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.3.2093">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="6.0.10" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
   <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\VSSDK\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />