diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index e704edaec0..5a4c06ce33 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreVersion>1.2.0-*</AspNetCoreVersion>
     <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <TestSdkVersion>15.0.0</TestSdkVersion>
+    <XunitVersion>2.2.0</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/ResponseCachingSample/ResponseCachingSample.csproj b/samples/ResponseCachingSample/ResponseCachingSample.csproj
index a86b0e11b3..2e700ad7b5 100644
--- a/samples/ResponseCachingSample/ResponseCachingSample.csproj
+++ b/samples/ResponseCachingSample/ResponseCachingSample.csproj
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
-    <!-- TODO remove when https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/396 is resolved -->
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp1.1' ">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching\Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/ResponseCachingSample/web.config b/samples/ResponseCachingSample/web.config
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ac679334..0000000000
--- a/samples/ResponseCachingSample/web.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<configuration>
-  <system.webServer>
-    <handlers>
-      <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified" />
-    </handlers>
-    <aspNetCore processPath="%LAUNCHER_PATH%" arguments="%LAUNCHER_ARGS%" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" forwardWindowsAuthToken="false" />
-  </system.webServer>
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions.csproj
index 2cdfa4d58a..36a4ab76fe 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.csproj
index b56169a56a..95c7184935 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.csproj
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions\Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Abstractions.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TaskCache.Sources" Version="1.2.0-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TaskCache.Sources" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests.csproj
index f0e5b4003a..c423cbe639 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching\Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>