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/SessionSample/SessionSample.csproj b/samples/SessionSample/SessionSample.csproj
index 0b6a0c3f74..959f560f93 100644
--- a/samples/SessionSample/SessionSample.csproj
+++ b/samples/SessionSample/SessionSample.csproj
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 <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.Session\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.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-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Redis" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" 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="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Redis" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/SessionSample/web.config b/samples/SessionSample/web.config
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ac679334..0000000000
--- a/samples/SessionSample/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.Session/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.csproj
index 529641be39..3ec0f05b06 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.csproj
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests.csproj
index 2b5c7d1467..8cd81cacbb 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" 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="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="$(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>