diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json
index 302feb756b..1daf386a68 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Interfaces":  "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Framework.Logging": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel": "1.0.0-*",
-    "Newtonsoft.Json": "5.0.8"
+    "Newtonsoft.Json": "6.0.4"
   },
   "frameworks": {
     "aspnet50": {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json
index 3ecc44aad7..5f7fd9d743 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "Microsoft.DataAnnotations": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.HeaderValueAbstractions": "1.0.0-*", 
-    "Newtonsoft.Json": "5.0.8"
+    "Newtonsoft.Json": "6.0.4"
   },
   "frameworks": {
     "aspnet50": {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/project.json b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/project.json
index f684e7b006..c6a1ab9b00 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/project.json
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/project.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "Microsoft.DataAnnotations" : "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection": "1.0.0-*",
     "Moq": "4.2.1312.1622",
-    "Newtonsoft.Json": "5.0.8",
+    "Newtonsoft.Json": "6.0.4",
     "Xunit.KRunner": "1.0.0-*"
   },
   "commands": {