diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
index e4fc5f3013..6fdc11f2f1 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
               not want this to happen as the alpha of the next major is, really, the next major already.
             -->
             <dependency id="AutoMapper" version="[8.0.0,8.999999)" />
-            <dependency id="LightInject" version="[5.1.2,5.999999)" />
+            <dependency id="LightInject" version="[5.4.0,5.999999)" />
             <dependency id="LightInject.Annotation" version="[1.1.0,1.999999)" />
             <dependency id="LightInject.Web" version="[2.0.0,2.999999)" />
             <dependency id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core" version="[2.2.2,2.999999)" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index f66b55eab2..5a8fbe6295 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- note: NuGet deals with transitive references now -->
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="LightInject" Version="5.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LightInject" Version="5.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="LightInject.Annotation" Version="1.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="LightInject.Web" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core">
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
index 7116a95b31..251718a3b7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="HtmlAgilityPack">
       <Version>1.8.14</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="LightInject" Version="5.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LightInject" Version="5.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="LightInject.Annotation" Version="1.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Lucene.Net" Version="3.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Lucene.Net.Contrib" Version="3.0.3" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index edbb5130b9..89432d4d25 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="ImageProcessor">
       <Version>2.6.2.25</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="LightInject" Version="5.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LightInject" Version="5.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="LightInject.Annotation" Version="1.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="LightInject.Mvc" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="LightInject.WebApi" Version="2.0.0" />