diff --git a/Common.props b/Common.props
index e1a284eda2..19bbdbbc65 100644
--- a/Common.props
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 		<AnalysisModeUsage>Recommended</AnalysisModeUsage>
 		<EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>true</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
+		<CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>true</CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>
 		<ContinuousIntegrationBuild Condition=" '$(GITLAB_CI)' != '' Or '$(APPVEYOR)' != '' ">true</ContinuousIntegrationBuild>
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 		<Features>strict</Features>
 		<IsTargetingNetFramework>$(TargetFramework.StartsWith("net4"))</IsTargetingNetFramework>
 		<LangVersion>10.0</LangVersion>
+		<ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
 		<NoWarn>SA0001</NoWarn>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 		<PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
@@ -35,11 +37,11 @@
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-		<PackageReference Include="Menees.Analyzers" Version="3.0.10" PrivateAssets="all" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Meziantou.Analyzer" Version="2.0.33" PrivateAssets="all" />
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-		<PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.435" PrivateAssets="all" /><!-- don't forget to update .stylecop.json at the same time -->
+		<PackageReference Include="DotNetAnalyzers.DocumentationAnalyzers" PrivateAssets="all" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Menees.Analyzers" PrivateAssets="all" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Meziantou.Analyzer" PrivateAssets="all" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Nullable" PrivateAssets="all" />
+		<PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" PrivateAssets="all" /><!-- don't forget to update .stylecop.json at the same time -->
 		<Analyzer Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../References/BizHawk.Analyzer.dll" />
 		<GlobalAnalyzerConfigFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../.global.editorconfig.ini" />
 		<AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../.stylecop.json" />
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@
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 	<ItemGroup Condition=" $(IsTargetingNetFramework) ">
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.3" PrivateAssets="all" />
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="7.0.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" PrivateAssets="all" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" PrivateAssets="all" />
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 </Project>
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..655b608889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
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+		<PackageVersion Include="DotNetAnalyzers.DocumentationAnalyzers" Version="1.0.0-beta.59" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Google.FlatBuffers" Version="22.9.24" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="JunitXml.TestLogger" Version="3.0.124" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.2.9" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.2.9" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU" Version="13.0.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Menees.Analyzers" Version="3.0.10" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Meziantou.Analyzer" Version="2.0.33" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.HashCode" Version="1.1.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.4" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.3.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core" Version="8.0.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.5.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.3" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Nullable" Version="1.3.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="PolySharp" Version="1.14.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" Version="1.0.630-alpha" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.31.0" /><!-- can't update any further or .gz stops being detected as archive -->
+		<PackageVersion Include="SharpDX.Direct3D9" Version="4.2.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="SharpDX.DirectSound" Version="4.2.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL" Version="2.18.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Creative" Version="2.18.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Enumeration" Version="2.18.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.EXT" Version="2.18.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenGL.Legacy" Version="2.18.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="SQLitePCLRaw.provider.e_sqlite3" Version="2.1.8" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.435" /><!-- don't forget to update .stylecop.json at the same time -->
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="7.0.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" Version="5.0.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Reflection.Emit" Version="4.7.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="7.0.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Vortice.DirectInput" Version="2.4.2" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Vortice.MediaFoundation" Version="2.4.2" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Vortice.XAudio2" Version="2.4.2" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Vortice.XInput" Version="2.4.2" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/ExternalProjects/AnalyzersCommon.props b/ExternalProjects/AnalyzersCommon.props
index d475303787..0f9610313d 100644
--- a/ExternalProjects/AnalyzersCommon.props
+++ b/ExternalProjects/AnalyzersCommon.props
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
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 	<ItemGroup>
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-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.4" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.3.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" />
 		<Compile Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../AnalyzersCommon/**/*.cs" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/ExternalProjects/FlatBuffers.GenOutput/FlatBuffers.GenOutput.csproj b/ExternalProjects/FlatBuffers.GenOutput/FlatBuffers.GenOutput.csproj
index 0cb21e67a0..8819849871 100644
--- a/ExternalProjects/FlatBuffers.GenOutput/FlatBuffers.GenOutput.csproj
+++ b/ExternalProjects/FlatBuffers.GenOutput/FlatBuffers.GenOutput.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 		<Nullable>disable</Nullable>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Google.FlatBuffers" Version="22.9.24" Private="true" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Google.FlatBuffers" Private="true" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/ExternalProjects/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer.csproj b/ExternalProjects/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer.csproj
index a40b770861..1f03de29d7 100644
--- a/ExternalProjects/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer.csproj
+++ b/ExternalProjects/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer/PcxFileTypePlugin.HawkQuantizer.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 		<Nullable>disable</Nullable>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/ExternalToolProjects/DATParser/DATParser.csproj b/ExternalToolProjects/DATParser/DATParser.csproj
index ef15841bf6..102b25d0ef 100644
--- a/ExternalToolProjects/DATParser/DATParser.csproj
+++ b/ExternalToolProjects/DATParser/DATParser.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		<GenerateResourceUsePreserializedResources>true</GenerateResourceUsePreserializedResources>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Memory" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<Compile Update="CustomMainForm.cs" SubType="Form" />
diff --git a/ExternalToolProjects/DBMan/DBMan.csproj b/ExternalToolProjects/DBMan/DBMan.csproj
index f386d85a4b..968081e46d 100644
--- a/ExternalToolProjects/DBMan/DBMan.csproj
+++ b/ExternalToolProjects/DBMan/DBMan.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		<NoWarn>$(NoWarn);MSB3270;SA1400</NoWarn>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Memory" />
 		<NET48ExternalToolFormDependency Include="$(ProjectDir)CSharp-SQLite.dll" />
 		<Reference Include="CSharp-SQLite" HintPath="$(ProjectDir)CSharp-SQLite.dll" Private="true" />
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diff --git a/ExternalToolProjects/NET48ExternalToolForm.targets b/ExternalToolProjects/NET48ExternalToolForm.targets
index 18f23f72f5..36b8c11cd1 100644
--- a/ExternalToolProjects/NET48ExternalToolForm.targets
+++ b/ExternalToolProjects/NET48ExternalToolForm.targets
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" />
 		<Reference Include="BizHawk.Client.Common"
 			HintPath="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../output/dll/BizHawk.Client.Common.dll"
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diff --git a/src/BizHawk.BizInvoke/BizHawk.BizInvoke.csproj b/src/BizHawk.BizInvoke/BizHawk.BizInvoke.csproj
index e82a84e91a..27464b465d 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.BizInvoke/BizHawk.BizInvoke.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.BizInvoke/BizHawk.BizInvoke.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		<AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Emit" Version="4.7.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Emit" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Common/BizHawk.Common.csproj" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio.csproj
index f8daea5b87..a1c9b5e257 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio/BizHawk.Bizware.Audio.csproj
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
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 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
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-		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Creative" Version="2.18.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Enumeration" Version="2.18.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.EXT" Version="2.18.0" />
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-		<PackageReference Include="Vortice.XAudio2" Version="2.4.2" />
-		<PackageReference Include="SharpDX.DirectSound" Version="4.2.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" Version="1.0.630-alpha" ExcludeAssets="native;contentFiles" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Creative" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Enumeration" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.EXT" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Vortice.MediaFoundation" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Vortice.XAudio2" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SharpDX.DirectSound" />
+		<PackageReference Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" ExcludeAssets="native;contentFiles" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.csproj
index cb0853fe00..0b98447674 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.csproj
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
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 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Cyotek.Drawing.BitmapFont" Version="2.0.4" />
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Cyotek.Drawing.BitmapFont" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Common/BizHawk.Common.csproj" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics.csproj
index 584fb64f88..805c9754c8 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics/BizHawk.Bizware.Graphics.csproj
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
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 	<ItemGroup>
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-		<PackageReference Include="SharpDX.Direct3D9" Version="4.2.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" Version="1.0.630-alpha" ExcludeAssets="native;contentFiles" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.OpenGL.Legacy" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SharpDX.Direct3D9" />
+		<PackageReference Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" ExcludeAssets="native;contentFiles" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.csproj" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Input/BizHawk.Bizware.Input.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Input/BizHawk.Bizware.Input.csproj
index 47dc86b144..a43e7e1abb 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Input/BizHawk.Bizware.Input.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Bizware.Input/BizHawk.Bizware.Input.csproj
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
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 	<ItemGroup>
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-		<PackageReference Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" Version="1.0.630-alpha" ExcludeAssets="native;contentFiles" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Vortice.DirectInput" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Vortice.XInput" />
+		<PackageReference Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" ExcludeAssets="native;contentFiles" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
index 7c169e4719..526ece94b2 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
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-		<PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.provider.e_sqlite3" Version="2.1.8" />
-		<PackageReference Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.31.0" /><!-- can't update any further or .gz stops being detected as archive -->
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SharpCompress" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.provider.e_sqlite3" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.csproj" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.csproj" />
 		<EmbeddedResource Include="Resources/**/*" />
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
index 953911b5a2..664aa002e6 100755
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" />
 		<Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
 		<Reference Include="System.IO.Compression" />
 	</ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Common/BizHawk.Common.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Common/BizHawk.Common.csproj
index 419c498fc2..24c4133698 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Common/BizHawk.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Common/BizHawk.Common.csproj
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
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-		<PackageReference Include="PolySharp" Version="1.14.1" />
-		<PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" Version="5.0.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5" />
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.HashCode" />
+		<PackageReference Include="PolySharp" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Memory" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<Analyzer Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../References/BizHawk.SrcGen.VersionInfo.dll" />
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/BizHawk.Emulation.Common.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/BizHawk.Emulation.Common.csproj
index 3fcc3e2e4f..488f47f7b3 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/BizHawk.Emulation.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/BizHawk.Emulation.Common.csproj
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
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 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="7.0.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+		<PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.BizInvoke/BizHawk.BizInvoke.csproj" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Common/BizHawk.Common.csproj" />
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diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.csproj
index a01440c01a..3657b7a326 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.csproj
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
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 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Google.FlatBuffers" Version="22.9.24" Private="true" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Google.FlatBuffers" Private="true" />
 		<Analyzer Include="$(ProjectDir)../../References/BizHawk.SrcGen.SettingsUtil.dll" Private="true" />
 		<Reference Include="FlatBuffers.GenOutput" HintPath="$(ProjectDir)../../References/FlatBuffers.GenOutput.dll" Private="true" />
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diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite.csproj
index 4ea421430c..aab779a299 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.GambatteSuite.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		<OutputPath>$(ProjectDir)../../test_output</OutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.5.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" PrivateAssets="all" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.csproj" />
 		<EmbeddedResource Include="res/**/*" />
 		<RuntimeHostConfigurationOption Include="System.Drawing.EnableUnixSupport" Value="true" />
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.csproj
index a45c344013..a6ebf77a5b 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB/BizHawk.Tests.Testroms.GB.csproj
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
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+		<PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" />
+		<PackageReference Include="JunitXml.TestLogger" />
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diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Tests/BizHawk.Tests.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Tests/BizHawk.Tests.csproj
index 200a26f7ba..b8de05e6f0 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Tests/BizHawk.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Tests/BizHawk.Tests.csproj
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
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+		<PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" PrivateAssets="all" />
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+		<PackageReference Include="JunitXml.TestLogger" PrivateAssets="all" />
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