diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Dropbox/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Dropbox.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Dropbox/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Dropbox.csproj
index 97b3b6453..6f632db5f 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Dropbox/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Dropbox.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Dropbox/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Dropbox.csproj
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\thirdparty\Json.NET\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web" />
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.OAuthHelper</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Dropbox/packages.config b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Dropbox/packages.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1fae9c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Dropbox/packages.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
+</packages>
\ No newline at end of file