diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/aspnetcore-6.0-pocoModels/src/Org.OpenAPITools/Org.OpenAPITools.csproj b/samples/server/petstore/aspnetcore-6.0-pocoModels/src/Org.OpenAPITools/Org.OpenAPITools.csproj
index 518a6425bcbb..f6cb8d439725 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/aspnetcore-6.0-pocoModels/src/Org.OpenAPITools/Org.OpenAPITools.csproj
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/aspnetcore-6.0-pocoModels/src/Org.OpenAPITools/Org.OpenAPITools.csproj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <DockerfileContext>..\..</DockerfileContext>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="6.0.0"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="7.0.0"/>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.10.8" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Newtonsoft" Version="6.4.0"/>
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerUI" Version="6.4.0"/>