diff --git a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj
index 6e77b8cf6f..f08ff1f287 100644
--- a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj
+++ b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.7.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.8.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="NPoco, Version=3.3.3.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
diff --git a/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config b/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config
index 23a5733afb..069bb69de3 100644
--- a/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config
+++ b/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       </dependentAssembly>
       <dependentAssembly>
         <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
-        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-7.0.0.0" newVersion="7.0.0.0" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-8.0.0.0" newVersion="8.0.0.0" />
       </dependentAssembly>
       <dependentAssembly>
         <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.Owin" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
diff --git a/src/UmbracoExamine/packages.config b/src/UmbracoExamine/packages.config
index caeacfb42a..daf704c839 100644
--- a/src/UmbracoExamine/packages.config
+++ b/src/UmbracoExamine/packages.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <package id="Examine" version="2.0.0-beta2" targetFramework="net461" />
   <package id="Lucene.Net" version="3.0.3" targetFramework="net461" />
   <package id="Lucene.Net.Contrib" version="3.0.3" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="7.0.1" targetFramework="net461" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="8.0.3" targetFramework="net461" />
   <package id="NPoco" version="3.3.3" targetFramework="net461" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net461" />
 </packages>
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