diff --git a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/AddPackageStrategy.cs b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/AddPackageStrategy.cs
index cb2ec8101..eba259a7d 100644
--- a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/AddPackageStrategy.cs
+++ b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/AddPackageStrategy.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using NuGet.Protocol;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.UploadToLinuxPackageRepository
 {
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.UploadToLinuxPackageRepository
 
         public async Task<string> Execute(HttpClient client, Uri baseAddress)
         {
-            var debianUploadJsonContent = new Dictionary<string, string>
+            var debianUploadJsonContent = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new Dictionary<string, string>
             {
                 ["name"] = _packageName,
                 ["version"] = AppendDebianRevisionNumber(_packageVersion),
                 ["fileId"] = _idInRepositoryService.Id,
                 ["repositoryId"] = _repositoryId
-            }.ToJson();
+            });
             var content = new StringContent(debianUploadJsonContent,
                 Encoding.UTF8,
                 "application/json");
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.UploadToLinuxPackageRepository
             {
                 if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                     throw new FailedToAddPackageToPackageRepositoryException(
-                        $"request:{debianUploadJsonContent} response:{response.ToJson()}");
+                        $"request:{debianUploadJsonContent} response:{JsonConvert.SerializeObject(response)}");
                 return response.Headers.GetValues("Location").Single();
             }
         }
diff --git a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/FileUploadStrategy.cs b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/FileUploadStrategy.cs
index 59be2c16c..e71eca436 100644
--- a/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/FileUploadStrategy.cs
+++ b/build_projects/dotnet-cli-build/UploadToLinuxPackageRepository/FileUploadStrategy.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using NuGet.Protocol;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.UploadToLinuxPackageRepository
 {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.UploadToLinuxPackageRepository
                     if (!message.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                     {
                         throw new FailedToAddPackageToPackageRepositoryException(
-                            $"{message.ToJson()} failed to post file to {url} file name:{fileName} pathToPackageToUpload:{_pathToPackageToUpload}");
+                            $"{JsonConvert.SerializeObject(message)} failed to post file to {url} file name:{fileName} pathToPackageToUpload:{_pathToPackageToUpload}");
                     }
                     return await message.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                 }