diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
index 11e93e15a..b2d04e484 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <!--The below package ref is added as a workaround to issue : https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4416
+      This should be removed when the issue is fixed-->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="NewtonSoft.Json" Version="9.0.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net451' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj
index 6a76893df..cf78cd7a8 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
       <Version>1.0.0-*</Version>
     </DotNetCliToolReference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <!--The below package ref is added as a workaround to issue : https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4416
+      This should be removed when the issue is fixed-->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="NewtonSoft.Json" Version="9.0.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
index 29aeeef9b..cadfcb6df 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <CLI_MSBuild_Version>15.1.0-preview-000539-01</CLI_MSBuild_Version>
     <CLI_Roslyn_Version>2.0.0-rc4-61325-08</CLI_Roslyn_Version>
-    <CLI_NETSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170123-1</CLI_NETSDK_Version>
-    <CLI_NuGet_Version>4.0.0-rc3</CLI_NuGet_Version>
+    <CLI_NETSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170125-1</CLI_NETSDK_Version>
+    <CLI_NuGet_Version>4.0.0-rtm-2241</CLI_NuGet_Version>
     <CLI_WEBSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170120-3-249</CLI_WEBSDK_Version>
     <CLI_TestPlatform_Version>15.0.0-preview-20170123-02</CLI_TestPlatform_Version>
     <TemplateEngineVersion>1.0.0-beta1-20170108-83</TemplateEngineVersion>