diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/project.json
index d01e21cbb9..78a4fe8fb2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/project.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "Newtonsoft.Json": "8.0.3"
+    "Newtonsoft.Json": "9.0.1-beta1"
   },
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandard1.1": {