diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 56813dbc..4d629b1a 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <XunitRunneVisualstudio>2.8.1</XunitRunneVisualstudio>
     <AkkaVersion>1.5.31</AkkaVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>[6.0.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>
+    <SystemTextJsonVersion>[6.0.10,)</SystemTextJsonVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- SourceLink support for all Akka.NET projects -->
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index d0c44471..2fd87369 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Cluster.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Akka.TestKit.Xunit2" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="8.0.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/Akka.Hosting.TestKit/Akka.Hosting.TestKit.csproj b/src/Akka.Hosting.TestKit/Akka.Hosting.TestKit.csproj
index 07557b03..6abd5830 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Hosting.TestKit/Akka.Hosting.TestKit.csproj
+++ b/src/Akka.Hosting.TestKit/Akka.Hosting.TestKit.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Akka.TestKit.Xunit2" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="7.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Akka.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/src/Akka.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index 5f46b644..bdd3853a 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Akka.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Akka.Logger.Serilog" Version="1.5.25" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Akka.TestKit.Xunit2" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/Akka.Hosting/Akka.Hosting.csproj b/src/Akka.Hosting/Akka.Hosting.csproj
index 42901b09..574be1ff 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Hosting/Akka.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/src/Akka.Hosting/Akka.Hosting.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Akka.DependencyInjection" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Akka.Streams" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/src/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index f7207417..c80a428f 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests/Akka.Remote.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitRunneVisualstudio)">