diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index a852ad2f..679c7e2e 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <AnalysisMode>All</AnalysisMode>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)justeat-oss.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <Authors>JUSTEAT_OSS</Authors>
-    <CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>true</CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>
     <ChecksumAlgorithm>SHA256</ChecksumAlgorithm>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)HttpClientInterception.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     <Company>Just Eat</Company>
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 7d4f4177..9d484396 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Shouldly" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.556" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="9.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.v3" Version="1.0.1" />
diff --git a/samples/SampleApp.Tests/SampleApp.Tests.csproj b/samples/SampleApp.Tests/SampleApp.Tests.csproj
index 14467d22..9c7199f5 100644
--- a/samples/SampleApp.Tests/SampleApp.Tests.csproj
+++ b/samples/SampleApp.Tests/SampleApp.Tests.csproj
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="Shouldly" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.v3" />
   </ItemGroup>