diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.StrongNamed.nuspec b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.StrongNamed.nuspec
index 597ff68cfc9c4..3732081e56db8 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.StrongNamed.nuspec
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.StrongNamed.nuspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependencies>
       <group targetFramework="netstandard2.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens" version="6.19.0" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
-        <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
+        <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="5.0.1" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
         <dependency id="System.Drawing.Common" version="7.0.0" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
       </group>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.csproj b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.csproj
index f174af0af868a..0440f5be34727 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.csproj
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens" Version="6.19.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="5.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.nuspec b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.nuspec
index 1ff70e3b998fe..8bddec6b8fc13 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.nuspec
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.nuspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependencies>
       <group targetFramework="netstandard2.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens" version="6.19.0" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
-        <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
+        <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="5.0.1" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
         <dependency id="System.Drawing.Common" version="7.0.0" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
       </group>
     </dependencies>