diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index a9484f642b..4a81c8df7c 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
   <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -8,8 +9,6 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
-    <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>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions.csproj
index d6ffd13cda..b3ce474d7b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions.csproj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.IDataProtector</Description>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel" Version="4.4.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.csproj
index c21bff2ba1..20b56f57aa 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.csproj
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.3' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.4.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Claims" Version="4.4.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="4.4.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Claims" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>