Best way to force an update of a transitive nuget package dependency?

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The best way to force an update of a transitive Nuget package dependency is to update the directly referenced package to a newer version that includes the updated transitive dependency

  • Open the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio. You can do this by going to Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console.
  • Run the command Update-Package <directly referenced package name> -Version <new version>. For example, if the directly referenced package is Newtonsoft.Json, the command would be Update-Package Newtonsoft.Json -Version 12.0.3. This will update the directly referenced package and also update any transitive dependencies.
  • Check your project to see if the transitive dependency has been updated. You can do this by going to Solution Explorer and expanding the References folder.

If the package still doesn’t update, try deleting the packages folder in your solution and then run the Update-Package command again. This will force NuGet to download the latest versions of all the packages and their dependencies.

In some cases, you may also need to update the project file (.csproj) to include the latest version of the dependency.

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