diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 639aa6970a..f9fab1d04a 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreRelationalPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27871</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreRelationalPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreSqlServerPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27871</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreSqlServerPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27871</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsDotNetPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27871</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsDotNetPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationBinderPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27871</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationBinderPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationCommandLinePackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27871</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationCommandLinePackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationEnvironmentVariablesPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27871</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationEnvironmentVariablesPackageVersion>
diff --git a/samples/IdentitySample.DefaultUI/IdentitySample.DefaultUI.csproj b/samples/IdentitySample.DefaultUI/IdentitySample.DefaultUI.csproj
index ea5efcb020..b99bd357ea 100644
--- a/samples/IdentitySample.DefaultUI/IdentitySample.DefaultUI.csproj
+++ b/samples/IdentitySample.DefaultUI/IdentitySample.DefaultUI.csproj
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="2.1.0-preview1-27644" />
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="$(MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsDotNetPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>