diff --git a/source/Windows.Storage/Windows.Storage.nfproj b/source/Windows.Storage/Windows.Storage.nfproj
index f24da67..9e90004 100644
--- a/source/Windows.Storage/Windows.Storage.nfproj
+++ b/source/Windows.Storage/Windows.Storage.nfproj
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="nanoFramework.System.Text, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c07d481e9758c731">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\nanoFramework.System.Text.1.0.0-preview.1\lib\nanoFramework.System.Text.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\nanoFramework.System.Text.1.0.0-preview.8\lib\nanoFramework.System.Text.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Windows.Storage.Streams, Version=1.8.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c07d481e9758c731">
diff --git a/source/Windows.Storage/packages.config b/source/Windows.Storage/packages.config
index 8835170..1c5d05f 100644
--- a/source/Windows.Storage/packages.config
+++ b/source/Windows.Storage/packages.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <packages>
   <package id="nanoFramework.CoreLibrary" version="1.7.0-preview.12" targetFramework="netnanoframework10" />
   <package id="nanoFramework.Runtime.Events" version="1.4.1-preview.9" targetFramework="netnanoframework10" />
-  <package id="nanoFramework.System.Text" version="1.0.0-preview.1" targetFramework="netnanoframework10" />
+  <package id="nanoFramework.System.Text" version="1.0.0-preview.8" targetFramework="netnanoframework10" />
   <package id="nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.Streams" version="1.8.1-preview.4" targetFramework="netnanoframework10" />
   <package id="Nerdbank.GitVersioning" version="3.1.13-beta" developmentDependency="true" targetFramework="netnanoframework10" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.DELIVERABLES.nuspec b/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.DELIVERABLES.nuspec
index 4fa35f4..0506022 100644
--- a/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.DELIVERABLES.nuspec
+++ b/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.DELIVERABLES.nuspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       <dependency id="nanoFramework.CoreLibrary" version="1.7.0-preview.12" />
       <dependency id="nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.Streams" version="1.8.1-preview.4" />
       <dependency id="nanoFramework.Runtime.Events" version="1.4.1-preview.9" />
-      <dependency id="nanoFramework.System.Text" version="1.0.0-preview.1" />
+      <dependency id="nanoFramework.System.Text" version="1.0.0-preview.8" />
     </dependencies>
   </metadata>
   <files>
diff --git a/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.nuspec b/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.nuspec
index dbe7195..68aa8af 100644
--- a/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.nuspec
+++ b/source/nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.nuspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This package requires a target with nanoFramework.Windows.Storage v$nativeVersio
       <dependency id="nanoFramework.CoreLibrary" version="1.7.0-preview.12" />
       <dependency id="nanoFramework.Windows.Storage.Streams" version="1.8.1-preview.4" />
       <dependency id="nanoFramework.Runtime.Events" version="1.4.1-preview.9" />
-      <dependency id="nanoFramework.System.Text" version="1.0.0-preview.1" />
+      <dependency id="nanoFramework.System.Text" version="1.0.0-preview.8" />
     </dependencies>
   </metadata>
   <files>