diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 85df92567e..56abb2d0df 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netcoreapp2.0'">2.0.0-*</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <TestSdkVersion>15.3.0-*</TestSdkVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.3.0-beta2-*</XunitVersion>
+    <XunitVersionInSpecProjects>2.2.0</XunitVersionInSpecProjects>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests.csproj
index 4b298df577..920a049da1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Service.Specification.Tests.csproj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersionInSpecProjects)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>