diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
index 8df7b9188f..81e0f7e369 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <dependency id="ClientDependency" version="[1.7.1.2, 2.0.0)" />
             <dependency id="ClientDependency-Mvc" version="[1.7.0.4, 2.0.0)" />
             <dependency id="AutoMapper" version="[3.0.0, 4.0.0)" />
-            <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="[4.5.11, 5.0.0)" />
+            <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="[6.0.2, 7.0.0)" />
             <dependency id="ImageProcessor" version="[1.8.7, 2.0.0)" />
             <dependency id="ImageProcessor.Web" version="[3.2.1, 4.0.0)" />
         </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index d85391a0cd..de8f2e17f6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.4.5.11\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
index c2c45f4195..496925edc5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Net.Http" version="2.0.20710.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="MiniProfiler" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="4.5.11" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.2" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.6.5" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SqlServerCE" version="4.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config b/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config
index 43b0da67a4..2be62ac19b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/App.config
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@
 
       </dependentAssembly>
 
+      <dependentAssembly>
+        
+        <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
+        
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0" />
+        
+      </dependentAssembly>
+      
     </assemblyBinding>
 
   </runtime>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
index 4be38487bd..927361265e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
     <Reference Include="Moq">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Moq.4.1.1309.0919\lib\net40\Moq.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=4.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.4.5.11\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="nunit.framework, Version=2.6.2.12296, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=96d09a1eb7f44a77, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
index 75568278b4..c6d86e5b52 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Net.Http" version="2.2.15" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Moq" version="4.1.1309.0919" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="4.5.11" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.2" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="NUnit" version="2.6.2" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Selenium.WebDriver" version="2.32.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index c4c416e5be..903542f7dd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.6.5\lib\net40\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=4.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.4.5.11\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System">
       <Name>System</Name>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
index 92a105a8ce..250a9ef252 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="MiniProfiler" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.6.5" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="4.5.11" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.2" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SqlServerCE" version="4.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter" version="2.0.60829.1" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
index e345a94f3a..13eb6190df 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@
         <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.4.5.0-1.4.6.0" newVersion="1.4.6.0" />
       </dependentAssembly>
 
+      <dependentAssembly  xdt:Transform="Remove"
+												 xdt:Locator="Condition(_defaultNamespace:assemblyIdentity[@name='Newtonsoft.Json']])"/>
+      <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Insert">
+        <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0" />
+      </dependentAssembly>
+
     </assemblyBinding>
 
   </runtime>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
index 4cd3fffb0d..ced455efe9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
@@ -244,7 +244,12 @@
       <dependentAssembly>
         <assemblyIdentity name="System.Net.Http" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
         <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0"/>
-      </dependentAssembly>	  
+      </dependentAssembly>
+
+      <dependentAssembly>
+        <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0" />
+      </dependentAssembly>
     </assemblyBinding>
   </runtime>
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 41cc68370a..ddf4fc326e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\MiniProfiler.2.1.0\lib\net40\MiniProfiler.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=4.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.4.5.11\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="NuGet.Core, Version=1.0.11220.104, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <Private>True</Private>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config b/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config
index 9890828504..99622418df 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/app.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configuration>
     <configSections>
-        <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
+        <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">
             <section name="Umbraco.Web.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
         </sectionGroup>
     </configSections>
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
         <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
         <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
       </dependentAssembly>
+      <dependentAssembly>
+        <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0" />
+      </dependentAssembly>
     </assemblyBinding>
   </runtime>
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config
index 36468e7a98..1389dc557d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Net.Http" version="2.2.15" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="MiniProfiler" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="4.5.11" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.2" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter" version="2.0.60829.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="xmlrpcnet" version="2.5.0" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/packages.config b/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/packages.config
index f608422148..17608e428b 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/packages.config
+++ b/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/packages.config
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.Build" version="1.0.10" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Net.Http" version="2.2.15" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="4.5.11" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.2" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/umbraco.MacroEngines.csproj b/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/umbraco.MacroEngines.csproj
index 04cb76a544..cf88d26017 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/umbraco.MacroEngines.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.MacroEngines/umbraco.MacroEngines.csproj
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
       <Private>True</Private>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.1.0.0.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=4.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.4.5.11\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />