diff --git a/GoogleCloudExtension/ProjectTemplates/GcpProjectTemplate/Framework/WebAPI/packages.config b/GoogleCloudExtension/ProjectTemplates/GcpProjectTemplate/Framework/WebAPI/packages.config
index a4fe5681b..5e04f512e 100644
--- a/GoogleCloudExtension/ProjectTemplates/GcpProjectTemplate/Framework/WebAPI/packages.config
+++ b/GoogleCloudExtension/ProjectTemplates/GcpProjectTemplate/Framework/WebAPI/packages.config
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.Twitter" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Modernizr" version="2.6.2" targetFramework="net452" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.2" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Respond" version="1.2.0" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="System.Interactive.Async" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net452" />