diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6940f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
+    <CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>true</CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.14.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Bullseye" Version="4.1.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FakeItEasy" Version="6.2.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="4.19.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.4.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.10.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Nullable" Version="1.3.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="ObjectLayoutInspector" Version="0.1.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SimpleExec" Version="12.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator.csproj b/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator.csproj
index ae8e641a..aa57652a 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator.csproj
+++ b/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator/YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.3">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Benchmark/YamlDotNet.Benchmark.csproj b/YamlDotNet.Benchmark/YamlDotNet.Benchmark.csproj
index f3c84887..1f21fa0a 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.Benchmark/YamlDotNet.Benchmark.csproj
+++ b/YamlDotNet.Benchmark/YamlDotNet.Benchmark.csproj
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net47</TargetFrameworks>
+        <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.14.0" />
-      <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="8.0.0" />
+      <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup Condition="!$([MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible('$(TargetFramework)', 'net8.0'))">
+      <PackageReference Include="System.Collections.Immutable" />
+      <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test.fsproj b/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test.fsproj
index a002e648..f330335e 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test.fsproj
+++ b/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test/YamlDotNet.Fsharp.Test.fsproj
@@ -14,22 +14,13 @@
     <Compile Include="SerializerTests.fs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.2">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.10.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\YamlDotNet\YamlDotNet.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator\YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Update="System.ValueTuple" Version="4.5.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Samples/YamlDotNet.Samples.csproj b/YamlDotNet.Samples/YamlDotNet.Samples.csproj
index 04073633..b99891b4 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.Samples/YamlDotNet.Samples.csproj
+++ b/YamlDotNet.Samples/YamlDotNet.Samples.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.4.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.5">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\YamlDotNet.Test\YamlDotNet.Test.csproj" />
diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Test/YamlDotNet.Test.csproj b/YamlDotNet.Test/YamlDotNet.Test.csproj
index 1fc578db..e77ac799 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.Test/YamlDotNet.Test.csproj
+++ b/YamlDotNet.Test/YamlDotNet.Test.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net6.0;net47</TargetFrameworks>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -8,21 +8,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="4.19.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="6.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.4.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.5">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="FakeItEasy" Version="6.2.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ValueTuple" Version="4.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net47'">
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Threading.Tasks" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FakeItEasy" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -55,10 +45,4 @@
     <None Remove="xunit.runner.linux.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.2">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/YamlDotNet.sln b/YamlDotNet.sln
index 6498d718..b150e950 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.sln
+++ b/YamlDotNet.sln
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		LICENSE.txt = LICENSE.txt
 		README.md = README.md
 		Directory.Build.props = Directory.Build.props
+		Directory.Packages.props = Directory.Packages.props
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "YamlDotNet.Benchmark", "YamlDotNet.Benchmark\YamlDotNet.Benchmark.csproj", "{52D1E5F3-8337-48FC-AED5-968B51C7DAEB}"
diff --git a/YamlDotNet/YamlDotNet.csproj b/YamlDotNet/YamlDotNet.csproj
index 339e5e66..704715a1 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet/YamlDotNet.csproj
+++ b/YamlDotNet/YamlDotNet.csproj
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Nullable" Version="1.3.1" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Nullable" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@
     <Message Importance="high" Text="==== Building $(RealTargetFramework) $(Empty.PadRight($([MSBuild]::Subtract(100, $(RealTargetFramework.Length))), '='))" Condition="'$(RealTargetFramework)' != ''" />
   </Target>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.3">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup Label="Code Analysis">
     <AnalysisLevel>latest-Recommended</AnalysisLevel>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA1051</NoWarn>  <!-- Do not declare visible instance fields -->
diff --git a/tools/build/build.csproj b/tools/build/build.csproj
index 7d1028c1..bfc373d6 100644
--- a/tools/build/build.csproj
+++ b/tools/build/build.csproj
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Bullseye" Version="4.1.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" Version="6.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SimpleExec" Version="12.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Bullseye" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SimpleExec" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>