diff --git a/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/CoreWidgetProvider.csproj b/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/CoreWidgetProvider.csproj
index dc95e0351f..aa114bea22 100644
--- a/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/CoreWidgetProvider.csproj
+++ b/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/CoreWidgetProvider.csproj
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.DevHome.SDK" Version="0.700.544" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.5.240311000" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="8.0.2" />
diff --git a/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/Widgets/SSHWalletWidget.cs b/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/Widgets/SSHWalletWidget.cs
index 1df6b243c7..ece45d1e3e 100644
--- a/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/Widgets/SSHWalletWidget.cs
+++ b/extensions/CoreWidgetProvider/Widgets/SSHWalletWidget.cs
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ public override void OnCustomizationRequested(WidgetCustomizationRequestedArgs c
     // { "data": "hostname" }
     private void HandleConnect(WidgetActionInvokedArgs args)
     {
-        var jsonObject = JObject.Parse(args.Data);
-        var host = jsonObject["data"]?.ToString();
+        var jsonObject = JsonDocument.Parse(args.Data).RootElement;
+        var host = jsonObject.GetProperty("data").GetString();
 
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(host))
         {