diff --git a/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/ChatRoom.csproj b/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/ChatRoom.csproj
index 05040bb9..6db698b2 100644
--- a/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/ChatRoom.csproj
+++ b/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/ChatRoom.csproj
@@ -282,8 +282,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\System.Text.Encodings.Web.8.0.0\lib\net462\System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json, Version=8.0.0.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\System.Text.Json.8.0.3\lib\net462\System.Text.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="System.Text.Json, Version=8.0.0.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\System.Text.Json.8.0.4\lib\net462\System.Text.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System.Threading.Channels, Version=4.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\System.Threading.Channels.4.6.0\lib\netstandard2.0\System.Threading.Channels.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/packages.config b/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/packages.config
index 7cc35edf..335271b6 100644
--- a/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/packages.config
+++ b/aspnet-samples/ChatRoom/packages.config
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   <package id="System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates" version="4.3.2" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="System.Security.Principal.Windows" version="5.0.0" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="System.Text.Encodings.Web" version="8.0.0" targetFramework="net472" />
-  <package id="System.Text.Json" version="8.0.3" targetFramework="net472" />
+  <package id="System.Text.Json" version="8.0.4" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="System.Threading.Channels" version="4.6.0" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" version="4.5.4" targetFramework="net472" />
   <package id="System.ValueTuple" version="4.5.0" targetFramework="net472" />