diff --git a/tests/dat/actions/unicode.tests/src/dotnet2.2/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet.csproj b/tests/dat/actions/unicode.tests/src/dotnet2.2/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet.csproj
index c67fa66a..975c38f6 100644
--- a/tests/dat/actions/unicode.tests/src/dotnet2.2/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet.csproj
+++ b/tests/dat/actions/unicode.tests/src/dotnet2.2/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet/Apache.OpenWhisk.UnicodeTests.Dotnet.csproj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="12.0.1" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>