diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 37c71d1fbba..de7bae4c365 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop" Version="7.10.6071" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Mono.Options" Version="5.3.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="$(NewtonsoftJsonVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Octokit" Version="10.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="$(XUnitVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.abstractions" Version="2.0.3" />
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index ed3f45ee675..3a61bd4b247 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
   <ProductDependencies>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
+    <!-- Needed for when this dependency gets updated in 
+         https://github.com/dotnet/source-build-externals, otherwise
+         a prebuilt will be introduced until the VMR is rebootstrapped. -->
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.22.0">
+      <Uri>https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-dotnet</Uri>
+      <Sha>43825e06a22cdfb702fc199a7ba99a7d541d48c6</Sha>
+    </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.8.0">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn</Uri>
       <Sha>e091728607ca0fc9efca55ccfb3e59259c6b5a0a</Sha>
@@ -105,6 +112,13 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
       <Sha>2874d26cb343fc55be295a628b3ee474e19ff95e</Sha>
     </Dependency>
+    <!-- Needed for when this dependency gets updated in 
+         https://github.com/dotnet/source-build-externals, otherwise
+         a prebuilt will be introduced until the VMR is rebootstrapped. -->
+    <Dependency Name="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3">
+      <Uri>https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json</Uri>
+      <Sha>0a2e291c0d9c0c7675d445703e51750363a549ef</Sha>
+    </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="9.0.0-alpha.1.24059.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
       <Sha>2874d26cb343fc55be295a628b3ee474e19ff95e</Sha>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index e6ae5667655..13cd0e9e496 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     <!-- source-build-externals -->
     <!-- The version is overridden by the VMR to use the version from the previous (n-1) build of Arcade. -->
     <MicrosoftApplicationInsightsVersion>2.22.0</MicrosoftApplicationInsightsVersion>
+    <NewtonsoftJsonVersion>13.0.3</NewtonsoftJsonVersion>
     <!-- symreader-converter -->
     <MicrosoftDiaSymReaderPdb2PdbVersion>1.1.0-beta2-19575-01</MicrosoftDiaSymReaderPdb2PdbVersion>
     <!-- templating -->