diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 5975e2b9a33..662be990703 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Templating" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksTemplatingVersion)" />
 
     <!-- Azure SDK for .NET dependencies -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="3.45.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="3.48.0" />
 
     <!-- SQL Server dependencies -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.1.6" />
diff --git a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/EFCore.Cosmos.csproj b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/EFCore.Cosmos.csproj
index fe1ba24c8a0..a3bd6fe8baf 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/EFCore.Cosmos.csproj
+++ b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/EFCore.Cosmos.csproj
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" />
+    <!-- Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos requires explicit reference to Newtonsoft.Json >= 10.0.2 -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />		
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>