diff --git a/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests.csproj b/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests.csproj
index f892333..617bba6 100644
--- a/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests.csproj
+++ b/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests/AlexaLambdaHandler.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Alexa.NET" Version="1.13.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Alexa.NET" Version="1.17.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.13.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.1.0" />
diff --git a/AlexaLambdaHandler/AlexaLambdaHandler.csproj b/AlexaLambdaHandler/AlexaLambdaHandler.csproj
index 3ae9364..ab17e57 100644
--- a/AlexaLambdaHandler/AlexaLambdaHandler.csproj
+++ b/AlexaLambdaHandler/AlexaLambdaHandler.csproj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Alexa.NET" Version="1.13.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Alexa.NET" Version="1.17.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.Core" Version="1.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>