diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index ec6c739994..a573fab65a 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -8,8 +9,6 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
-    <NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>1.2.0-*</NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.2-*</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)'!='' AND '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e704edaec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/samples/SampleDestination/SampleDestination.csproj b/samples/SampleDestination/SampleDestination.csproj
index 13f60f84c3..4163aa41cb 100644
--- a/samples/SampleDestination/SampleDestination.csproj
+++ b/samples/SampleDestination/SampleDestination.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
     <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>1.2.0-*</NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/SampleOrigin/SampleOrigin.csproj b/samples/SampleOrigin/SampleOrigin.csproj
index 29b21c3e54..6873ae9cb6 100644
--- a/samples/SampleOrigin/SampleOrigin.csproj
+++ b/samples/SampleOrigin/SampleOrigin.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
     <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>1.2.0-*</NetCoreAppImplicitPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>