diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs
index 29dd6314f..d599ca7ef 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.IO;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 
 namespace Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks
 {
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ namespace Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks
 
             LocalesJson json;
 
+
             try
             {
-                json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LocalesJson>(data);
+                json = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<LocalesJson>(data);
 
             }
             catch (Exception e)
@@ -61,7 +63,13 @@ namespace Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks
                 json.Locales[i] = locale;
             }
 
-            string jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(json, Formatting.Indented);
+            JsonSerializerOptions jsonOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions()
+            {
+                WriteIndented = true,
+                Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping
+            };
+
+            string jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(json, jsonOptions);
 
             using (StreamWriter sw = new(path))
             {
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.dll b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 13e9f7769..000000000
Binary files a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj
index d36c2a945..a9ca04a60 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
 
     <temp_assemblies>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)temp_assemblies/</temp_assemblies>
@@ -9,16 +10,11 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Framework" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="ValidationTask">
     <Message Text="Running Validations..." Importance="high" />
 
-    <Message Text="Copying Assemblies To Intermediate Folder: $(temp_assemblies)" Importance="high" />
-    <!--Copy needed assemblies to the intermediate folder, only copy assemblies that are needed to run the validation dlls-->
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(PkgNewtonsoft_Json)/lib/netstandard2.0/Newtonsoft.Json.dll" DestinationFolder="$(temp_assemblies)" />
-
     <!--Run Validation Targets Here-->
     <CallTarget Targets="MasterLocalesValidationTask" />
 
@@ -36,6 +32,11 @@
 
   <!--Name should be "Build<Name>TaskDll"-->
   <Target Name="BuildLocalesValidationTaskDll">
+    <CallTarget Targets="ResolveAssemblyReferences"/>
+    <Message Text="Path @(ReferencePath)" Importance="high" />
+    <Message Text="Ref @(Reference)" Importance="high" />
+
+
     <Message Text="Building $(Name)Task..." Importance="high" />
     <!--Remember to include References!-->
     <Csc Sources="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(Name)Task*.cs"
@@ -46,9 +47,10 @@
              netstandard.dll;
              System.Collections.dll;
              System.Linq.dll;
-             $(PkgMicrosoft_Build_Framework)/ref/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll;
-             $(PkgMicrosoft_Build_Utilities_Core)/ref/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll;
-             $(PkgNewtonsoft_Json)/lib/netstandard2.0/Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
+             System.Text.Json.dll;
+             System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll;
+             $(PkgMicrosoft_Build_Framework)/ref/net9.0/Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll;
+             $(PkgMicrosoft_Build_Utilities_Core)/ref/net9.0/Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll;"
          TargetType="Library" OutputAssembly="$(temp_assemblies)$(Dll)"/>
   </Target>