diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/DependentProject/Consumer.cs b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/DependentProject/Consumer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3cc49a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/DependentProject/Consumer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+public class Consumer
+{
+    public string Convert(object o)
+    {
+        var myClass = new MyClass();
+        return myClass.ToJson(o);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/DependentProject/DependentProject.csproj b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/DependentProject/DependentProject.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f61d3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/DependentProject/DependentProject.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Deliberately no direct PackageReference to Newtonsoft.Json: it is only
+         consumed transitively through the ProjectReference below, mirroring the
+         "DependentProject" scenario in
+         https://github.com/razzmatazz/csharp-language-server/issues/318 -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Project\Project.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Directory.Packages.props b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7741c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Project/Class.cs b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Project/Class.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f3a63e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Project/Class.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+public class MyClass
+{
+    public string ToJson(object o)
+    {
+        return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(o);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Project/Project.csproj b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Project/Project.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60726f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/Project/Project.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Central Package Management (CPM): version comes from Directory.Packages.props,
+         not from this PackageReference item. See
+         https://github.com/razzmatazz/csharp-language-server/issues/318 -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/projectWithCentralPackageManagement.sln b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/projectWithCentralPackageManagement.sln
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1da8f799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Fixtures/projectWithCentralPackageManagement/projectWithCentralPackageManagement.sln
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.0.31903.59
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Project", "Project\Project.csproj", "{59DABAFE-31BE-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DE}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "DependentProject", "DependentProject\DependentProject.csproj", "{6A1B2C3D-4E5F-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DF}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{59DABAFE-31BE-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{59DABAFE-31BE-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{59DABAFE-31BE-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{59DABAFE-31BE-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{6A1B2C3D-4E5F-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DF}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{6A1B2C3D-4E5F-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DF}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{6A1B2C3D-4E5F-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DF}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{6A1B2C3D-4E5F-47BB-B203-D16E9B90A1DF}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal
diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/InitializationTests.fs b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/InitializationTests.fs
index 713d3e52..2edde358 100644
--- a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/InitializationTests.fs
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/InitializationTests.fs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module CSharpLanguageServer.Tests.InitializationTests
 
 open System
+open System.IO
 
 open NUnit.Framework
 
@@ -269,6 +270,76 @@ let testPlatformSpecificTfmDoesNotBreakSiblingProjects () =
         Assert.That(errors.Length, Is.EqualTo(0), $"expected no errors on Project/Class.cs, got: {errorsStr}")
     | _ -> failwith "U2.C1 (full report) was expected"
 
+/// Regression test for https://github.com/razzmatazz/csharp-language-server/issues/318 —
+/// projects using NuGet Central Package Management (CPM) via `Directory.Packages.props`
+/// (a `<PackageReference>` with no `Version` attribute) reportedly fail to load in the
+/// Roslyn MSBuildWorkspace, with a `[Failure]` msbuildWorkspace diagnostic and zero code
+/// intelligence for the affected project.
+[<Test>]
+let testCentralPackageManagementProjectLoadsWithoutMsbuildWorkspaceFailure () =
+    // Pre-build both projects so that obj/project.assets.json exists for each (restored
+    // against the centrally-managed package version) before MSBuildWorkspace opens the
+    // solution. DependentProject has no direct PackageReference of its own — it only
+    // pulls in Newtonsoft.Json transitively via the ProjectReference to Project,
+    // mirroring the "DependentProject" symptom reported in the issue.
+    let prebuildProjects (solutionDir: string) =
+        for projectName in [ "Project"; "DependentProject" ] do
+            let projectDir = Path.Combine(solutionDir, projectName)
+            let exitCode, stdout, stderr = runDotnetBuild projectDir
+
+            if exitCode <> 0 then
+                failwithf
+                    "Pre-build of CPM fixture project '%s' failed (exit %d):\nstdout:\n%s\nstderr:\n%s"
+                    projectName
+                    exitCode
+                    stdout
+                    stderr
+
+    use client =
+        activateFixtureExt "projectWithCentralPackageManagement" defaultClientProfile prebuildProjects id
+
+    use classFile = client.Open("Project/Class.cs")
+    use consumerFile = client.Open("DependentProject/Consumer.cs")
+
+    // The bug in #318 manifests as a `[Failure]` msbuildWorkspace.Diagnostics entry
+    // logged (via window/logMessage) while the solution is being loaded — either for the
+    // CPM-managed project itself, or for a project that depends on it.
+    let hasMsbuildWorkspaceFailure =
+        client.ServerMessageLogContains(fun m -> m.Contains("msbuildWorkspace.Diagnostics") && m.Contains("[Failure]"))
+
+    Assert.That(
+        hasMsbuildWorkspaceFailure,
+        Is.False,
+        "Expected the CPM-managed project (and its dependent project) to load without a msbuildWorkspace [Failure] diagnostic"
+    )
+
+    // Sanity-check that code intelligence actually works for the CPM-managed package
+    // reference: hovering over `JsonConvert` should resolve to the Newtonsoft.Json type.
+    let hoverParams: HoverParams =
+        { TextDocument = { Uri = classFile.Uri }
+          Position = { Line = 6u; Character = 15u } // `JsonConvert` in `JsonConvert.SerializeObject(o)`
+          WorkDoneToken = None }
+
+    let hover: Hover option = client.Request("textDocument/hover", hoverParams)
+
+    match hover with
+    | Some { Contents = U3.C1 c } -> Assert.That(c.Value, Does.Contain("JsonConvert"))
+    | _ -> failwith "Expected hover to resolve JsonConvert from the CPM-managed Newtonsoft.Json reference"
+
+    // Sanity-check code intelligence for the dependent project too: hovering over
+    // `MyClass` (defined in the CPM-managed project) should resolve.
+    let dependentHoverParams: HoverParams =
+        { TextDocument = { Uri = consumerFile.Uri }
+          Position = { Line = 4u; Character = 28u } // `MyClass` in `new MyClass()`
+          WorkDoneToken = None }
+
+    let dependentHover: Hover option =
+        client.Request("textDocument/hover", dependentHoverParams)
+
+    match dependentHover with
+    | Some { Contents = U3.C1 c } -> Assert.That(c.Value, Does.Contain("MyClass"))
+    | _ -> failwith "Expected hover to resolve MyClass from the ProjectReference to the CPM-managed project"
+
 [<Test>]
 let testMultiTargetWorkspace () =
     let clientWorkspaceCaps: WorkspaceClientCapabilities =
diff --git a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Tooling.fs b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Tooling.fs
index 2fad6851..c5cf7e8e 100644
--- a/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Tooling.fs
+++ b/tests/CSharpLanguageServer.Tests/Tooling.fs
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ let prepareTempTestDirFrom (sourceTestDir: DirectoryInfo) : string =
     let fileFilter (file: FileInfo) =
         file.Name = ".editorconfig"
         || file.Name = "global.json"
+        || file.Name = "Directory.Packages.props"
         || file.Extension = ".cs"
         || file.Extension = ".csproj"
         || file.Extension = ".sln"