diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/Discord.Net.Audio.csproj b/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/Discord.Net.Audio.csproj
index 2f60c222a..e765908fa 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/Discord.Net.Audio.csproj
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/Discord.Net.Audio.csproj
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <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>..\..\..\DiscordBot\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.8.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Nito.AsyncEx, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/packages.config b/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/packages.config
index 5853f7f1e..66e8195d7 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/packages.config
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Audio.Net45/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="7.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="8.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Nito.AsyncEx" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
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diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Net45/Discord.Net.csproj b/src/Discord.Net.Net45/Discord.Net.csproj
index 9883f0f08..f7ca34eec 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Net45/Discord.Net.csproj
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Net45/Discord.Net.csproj
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <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>..\..\..\DiscordBot\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.8.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Nito.AsyncEx, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Net45/packages.config b/src/Discord.Net.Net45/packages.config
index 801c95d07..8ba070bd2 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Net45/packages.config
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Net45/packages.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="7.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="8.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Nito.AsyncEx" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="RestSharp" version="105.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="WebSocket4Net" version="0.14.1" targetFramework="net45" />
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/project.json b/src/Discord.Net/project.json
index eb3b00666..be0791385 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/project.json
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/project.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   },
 
   "dependencies": {
-    "Newtonsoft.Json": "7.0.1",
+    "Newtonsoft.Json": "8.0.1",
     "Nito.AsyncEx": "3.0.1"
   },
 
diff --git a/test/Discord.Net.Tests/Discord.Net.Tests.csproj b/test/Discord.Net.Tests/Discord.Net.Tests.csproj
index 349c6b54e..97d328c68 100644
--- a/test/Discord.Net.Tests/Discord.Net.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Discord.Net.Tests/Discord.Net.Tests.csproj
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <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>..\..\..\DiscordBot\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.8.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@
     <Compile Include="Settings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Discord.Net.Net45\Discord.Net.csproj">
       <Project>{8d71a857-879a-4a10-859e-5ff824ed6688}</Project>
       <Name>Discord.Net</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Choose>
     <When Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '10.0' And '$(IsCodedUITest)' == 'True'">
       <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Discord.Net.Tests/packages.config b/test/Discord.Net.Tests/packages.config
index 8857349f7..0eaf37a38 100644
--- a/test/Discord.Net.Tests/packages.config
+++ b/test/Discord.Net.Tests/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="7.0.1" targetFramework="net46" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="8.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
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