diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index b79f5801e1..324b0e2bc9 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreInMemoryPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreInMemoryPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreRelationalPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreRelationalPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreSqlServerPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreSqlServerPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>    
+    <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsDotNetPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsDotNetPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationBinderPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationBinderPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationCommandLinePackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationCommandLinePackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationEnvironmentVariablesPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-28153</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationEnvironmentVariablesPackageVersion>
diff --git a/samples/DynamicSchemes/DynamicSchemes.csproj b/samples/DynamicSchemes/DynamicSchemes.csproj
index 160837be24..6e43ecd879 100644
--- a/samples/DynamicSchemes/DynamicSchemes.csproj
+++ b/samples/DynamicSchemes/DynamicSchemes.csproj
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingDebugPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="2.1.0-preview1-27644" />
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="$(MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsDotNetPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/Identity.ExternalClaims/Identity.ExternalClaims.csproj b/samples/Identity.ExternalClaims/Identity.ExternalClaims.csproj
index 314168442a..6e8b2375a5 100644
--- a/samples/Identity.ExternalClaims/Identity.ExternalClaims.csproj
+++ b/samples/Identity.ExternalClaims/Identity.ExternalClaims.csproj
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingDebugPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="2.1.0-preview1-27644" />
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="$(MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsDotNetPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>