diff --git a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/EFCore.SqlServer.csproj b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/EFCore.SqlServer.csproj
index 216f6370937..ed403856386 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/EFCore.SqlServer.csproj
+++ b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/EFCore.SqlServer.csproj
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="2.1.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>