diff --git a/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/RabbitMQSimpleConnector.csproj b/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/RabbitMQSimpleConnector.csproj
index 4147460..580d215 100644
--- a/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/RabbitMQSimpleConnector.csproj
+++ b/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/RabbitMQSimpleConnector.csproj
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource, Version=1.1.28.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.Redist.1.1.28\lib\net46\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.3\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="RabbitMQ.Client, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89e7d7c5feba84ce, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\RabbitMQ.Client.5.0.1\lib\net451\RabbitMQ.Client.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/packages.config b/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/packages.config
index d1a75c8..b2b1129 100644
--- a/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/packages.config
+++ b/RabbitMQSimpleConnector/packages.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
   <package id="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.Redist" version="1.1.28" targetFramework="net462" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net462" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" targetFramework="net462" />
   <package id="RabbitMQ.Client" version="5.0.1" targetFramework="net462" />
 </packages>
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