diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
index eb84c78e38..cc0d36c295 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@
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-      <dependency id="Markdown" version="[1.14.4, 2.0.0)" />	  
+      <dependency id="Markdown" version="[1.14.4, 2.0.0)" />
+      <dependency id="log4net" version="[2.0.5, 3.0.0)" />
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diff --git a/src/SQLCE4Umbraco/app.config b/src/SQLCE4Umbraco/app.config
index 1ec9d6e3d6..cb532bd57a 100644
--- a/src/SQLCE4Umbraco/app.config
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 02d8ac1f84..f7496deed3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/app.config b/src/Umbraco.Core/app.config
index 1ec9d6e3d6..cb532bd57a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/app.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/app.config
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
index f8b0213c77..8100e4587a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config b/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config
index f73055ef45..916277329e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
index db5c16a038..f7857f8f23 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
index 89fcc07e97..aae2bd5ba4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 0860a1a437..9ba812ec96 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
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     <Reference Include="Owin">
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
index 86dbb54fe0..4a0192a321 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
index c63f7f56e5..ff221c2efe 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 6f39ec21d8..35750c0706 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config b/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config
index ca81cdc505..51ada1725b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config
index 2cdde6b199..6de340f1f2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config
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diff --git a/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config b/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config
index 84d45d20fd..65f505d522 100644
--- a/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config
+++ b/src/UmbracoExamine/app.config
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diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/app.config b/src/umbraco.cms/app.config
index 84d45d20fd..65f505d522 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/app.config
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/app.config
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/packages.config b/src/umbraco.cms/packages.config
index 05f1a708b6..c00e2f0c3d 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/packages.config
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diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/umbraco.cms.csproj b/src/umbraco.cms/umbraco.cms.csproj
index e93ebbd0e0..492272eb1d 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/umbraco.cms.csproj
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index 84d45d20fd..65f505d522 100644
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