diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index e9627f2b22..ee96847c7e 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Product>Microsoft ASP.NET Core</Product>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/aspnet/MetaPackages</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
-    <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>