diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
index 5a02e8d3c..61ab7e04f 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <Version>1.0.3</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Frameworks">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils">
       <Version>$(SdkNugetVersion)</Version>
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props
index baab92a0b..23b7ec739 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.BundledSdks.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), dir.props))\dir.props" />
   
   <ItemGroup>
-    <BundledSdk Include="NuGet.Build.Tasks.Pack" Version="4.0.0-rc3" />
+    <BundledSdk Include="NuGet.Build.Tasks.Pack" Version="$(CLI_NuGet_Version)" />
     <BundledSdk Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" Version="$(CLI_NETSDK_Version)" />
     <BundledSdk Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web" Version="$(CLI_WEBSDK_Version)" />
     <BundledSdk Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish" Version="$(CLI_WEBSDK_Version)" />
diff --git a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
index 2a0c7e470..57ca3f76b 100644
--- a/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
+++ b/build/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.DependencyVersions.props
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <CLI_MSBuild_Version>15.1.0-preview-000503-01</CLI_MSBuild_Version>
-    <CLI_Roslyn_Version>2.0.0-rc3-61212-03</CLI_Roslyn_Version>
-    <CLI_NETSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170105-5</CLI_NETSDK_Version>
-    <CLI_WEBSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170106-1-203</CLI_WEBSDK_Version>
-    <CLI_TestPlatform_Version>15.0.0-preview-20170106-08</CLI_TestPlatform_Version>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <CLI_MSBuild_Version>15.1.0-preview-000503-01</CLI_MSBuild_Version>
+    <CLI_Roslyn_Version>2.0.0-rc3-61212-03</CLI_Roslyn_Version>
+    <!-- non-official NuGet build taken from https://github.com/nuget/nuget.client/tree/release-4.0.0-rc3-netstandard2.0 to contain "2.0" TFMs -->
+    <CLI_NuGet_Version>4.0.0-rc3-2193</CLI_NuGet_Version>
+    <CLI_NETSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170105-5</CLI_NETSDK_Version>
+    <CLI_WEBSDK_Version>1.0.0-alpha-20170106-1-203</CLI_WEBSDK_Version>
+    <CLI_TestPlatform_Version>15.0.0-preview-20170106-08</CLI_TestPlatform_Version>
     <TemplateEngineVersion>1.0.0-beta1-20170106-79</TemplateEngineVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.csproj b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.csproj
index 8e5ec2d2f..7ed07d117 100644
--- a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.csproj
+++ b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/dotnet-cli-build.csproj
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       <Version>7.2.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core">
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj
index ce5308d98..382259d99 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.csproj
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
       <Version>1.0.1-beta-000933</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Versioning">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Packaging">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Frameworks">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.ProjectModel">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build">
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
diff --git a/src/redist/redist.csproj b/src/redist/redist.csproj
index 5c0c36e2d..02884fadb 100644
--- a/src/redist/redist.csproj
+++ b/src/redist/redist.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <Version>$(CLI_MSBuild_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Build.Tasks">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.CLI">
       <Version>$(CLI_TestPlatform_Version)</Version>
diff --git a/src/tool_nuget/tool_nuget.csproj b/src/tool_nuget/tool_nuget.csproj
index ef70fa8e6..a9163b695 100644
--- a/src/tool_nuget/tool_nuget.csproj
+++ b/src/tool_nuget/tool_nuget.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <Version>1.0.3</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
index c9d901f0d..479ce5be6 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests.csproj
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@
       <Version>4.1.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Versioning">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Packaging">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Frameworks">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.ProjectModel">
-      <Version>4.0.0-rc3</Version>
+      <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="moq.netcore">
       <Version>4.4.0-beta8</Version>