diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Abstractions/Agents.Abstractions.csproj b/dotnet/src/Agents/Abstractions/Agents.Abstractions.csproj
index 86d2f37c2b669..d0a7438c0e7c1 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Abstractions/Agents.Abstractions.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Abstractions/Agents.Abstractions.csproj
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Chroma/Connectors.Memory.Chroma.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Chroma/Connectors.Memory.Chroma.csproj
index e89013694aae7..6f6ebddef4acc 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Chroma/Connectors.Memory.Chroma.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Chroma/Connectors.Memory.Chroma.csproj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <Description>Chroma connector for Semantic Kernel plugins and semantic memory</Description>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone.csproj
index 462a89b0bd8ba..401cff70e5e66 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone/Connectors.Memory.Pinecone.csproj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <Description>Pinecone connector for Semantic Kernel plugins and semantic memory</Description>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant.csproj
index d9037605f6e54..74ed67ab745df 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant/Connectors.Memory.Qdrant.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- THIS PROPERTY GROUP MUST COME FIRST -->
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Qdrant</AssemblyName>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <VersionSuffix>alpha</VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
+
   <!-- IMPORT NUGET PACKAGE SHARED PROPERTIES -->
   <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/nuget/nuget-package.props" />
   <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/src/InternalUtilities.props" />
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <Description>Qdrant connector for Semantic Kernel plugins and semantic memory</Description>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate.csproj
index 7f75b9c288644..7bb9c406cefb3 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate/Connectors.Memory.Weaviate.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- THIS PROPERTY GROUP MUST COME FIRST -->
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Weaviate</AssemblyName>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <VersionSuffix>alpha</VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
+
   <!-- IMPORT NUGET PACKAGE SHARED PROPERTIES -->
   <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/nuget/nuget-package.props" />
   <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/src/InternalUtilities.props" />
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <Description>Weaviate connector for Semantic Kernel plugins and semantic memory</Description>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Functions/Functions.Grpc/Functions.Grpc.csproj b/dotnet/src/Functions/Functions.Grpc/Functions.Grpc.csproj
index e731893b3cd27..de039e0d13eef 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Functions/Functions.Grpc/Functions.Grpc.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Functions/Functions.Grpc/Functions.Grpc.csproj
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client" />
     <PackageReference Include="protobuf-net" />
     <PackageReference Include="protobuf-net.Reflection" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Memory/Plugins.Memory.csproj b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Memory/Plugins.Memory.csproj
index 6e6051fbe1767..7f65c98020da8 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Memory/Plugins.Memory.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Memory/Plugins.Memory.csproj
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Tensors" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\SemanticKernel.Core\SemanticKernel.Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Web/Plugins.Web.csproj b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Web/Plugins.Web.csproj
index 4d394afc1e20d..3017de50ce771 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Web/Plugins.Web.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Web/Plugins.Web.csproj
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
     <PackageReference Include="Google.Apis.CustomSearchAPI.v1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\SemanticKernel.Abstractions\SemanticKernel.Abstractions.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/SemanticKernel.Abstractions.csproj b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/SemanticKernel.Abstractions.csproj
index 81e196b63b914..42608aea18278 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/SemanticKernel.Abstractions.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/SemanticKernel.Abstractions.csproj
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.HashCode" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>