diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index 17a0ccb4d8..1d3e64007b 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <Project>
-
   <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index e704edaec0..4fe028e673 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreVersion>1.2.0-*</AspNetCoreVersion>
     <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+    <JsonNetVersion>9.0.1</JsonNetVersion>
+    <MoqVersion>4.7.1</MoqVersion>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <TestSdkVersion>15.0.0</TestSdkVersion>
+    <XunitVersion>2.2.0</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.csproj
index d3d5b01a89..f68aae1aaa 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.csproj
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="9.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ClosedGenericMatcher.Sources" Version="1.2.0-*" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="$(JsonNetVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ClosedGenericMatcher.Sources" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3' ">
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj
index e939e5d62c..6f5575c5ee 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.Test.csproj
@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.1;net452</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch\Microsoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.6.36-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="$(MoqVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net452' ">
     <Reference Include="System.Linq.Expressions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Service Include="{82a7f48d-3b50-4b1e-b82e-3ada8210c358}" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/tools/Key.snk b/tools/Key.snk
deleted file mode 100644
index e10e4889c1..0000000000
Binary files a/tools/Key.snk and /dev/null differ