diff --git a/Essentials/Essentials.csproj b/Essentials/Essentials.csproj
index 666b5d2..b369fe1 100644
--- a/Essentials/Essentials.csproj
+++ b/Essentials/Essentials.csproj
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     <Reference Include="netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51">
       <HintPath>..\GameBinaries\netstandard.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.12.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=13.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.13.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="NLog">
       <HintPath>..\packages\NLog.4.4.12\lib\net45\NLog.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/Essentials/packages.config b/Essentials/packages.config
index 8835d9f..b1d1d67 100644
--- a/Essentials/packages.config
+++ b/Essentials/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="12.0.3" targetFramework="net472" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" targetFramework="net48" />
   <package id="NLog" version="4.4.12" targetFramework="net461" />
 </packages>
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