diff --git a/samples/Microsoft.AspNet.SelfHost.Samples/packages.config b/samples/Microsoft.AspNet.SelfHost.Samples/packages.config
index 71728c8bb8..74d9cf7c5f 100644
--- a/samples/Microsoft.AspNet.SelfHost.Samples/packages.config
+++ b/samples/Microsoft.AspNet.SelfHost.Samples/packages.config
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Host.HttpListener" version="2.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" version="2.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.SelfHost" version="2.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
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