diff --git a/NuGetPackageVerifier.json b/NuGetPackageVerifier.json
index 957f6bc27a..94486f031b 100644
--- a/NuGetPackageVerifier.json
+++ b/NuGetPackageVerifier.json
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 {
+    "adx": {
+        "rules": [
+            "DefaultCompositeRule"
+        ],
+        "packages": {
+            "Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor": {
+                "Exclusions": {
+                    "WRONG_JSONNET_VERSION": {
+                        "Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor; .NETFramework,Version=v4.6": "This package intentionally depends on version 8.0.3 of Newtonsoft.Json because of the dependency on Visual Studio."
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
     "adx-nonshipping": { // Packages written by the ADX team but that don't ship on NuGet.org (thus, no need to scan anything in them)
         "rules": [
             // Don't run any rules for packages the ADX team creates but doesn't ship.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj
index 40f0a7d387..67a3d5daf5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor/Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.csproj
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.11.0" Version="11.0.61030" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.12.0" Version="12.0.30110" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data" Version="15.0.26201" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="$(JsonNetVersion)" />
+    <!-- We need to use this version of Json.Net to maintain consistency with Visual Studio. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="8.0.3" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Workspaces\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Workspaces.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Evolution\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Evolution.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>