diff --git a/.github/scripts/build-and-pack-nuget.sh b/.github/scripts/build-and-pack-nuget.sh
index 033dbef7..2bfc0501 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/build-and-pack-nuget.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/build-and-pack-nuget.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ set -e
 SKIP_VERSION_CHECK=false
 [[ "$1" == "--skip-version-check" ]] && SKIP_VERSION_CHECK=true
 
+# Track version extraction failures
+VERSION_EXTRACTION_FAILURES=0
+
 # Create artifacts directory for local NuGet feed
 mkdir -p ./artifacts
 
@@ -99,8 +102,7 @@ while [ -n "$REMAINING_PROJECTS" ] && [ $ITERATION -lt $MAX_ITERATIONS ]; do
       echo "Building $PROJECT_NAME (version check skipped)..."
       SHOULD_BUILD=true
     else
-      # Get the version and PackageId from the project file by evaluating MSBuild properties
-      VERSION=$(dotnet msbuild "$project" -getProperty:Version -p:Configuration=Release 2>/dev/null | tail -1)
+      # Get the PackageId from the project file by evaluating the MSBuild property
       PACKAGE_ID=$(dotnet msbuild "$project" -getProperty:PackageId -p:Configuration=Release 2>/dev/null | tail -1)
 
       # If PackageId is not set, fall back to project name
@@ -108,9 +110,24 @@ while [ -n "$REMAINING_PROJECTS" ] && [ $ITERATION -lt $MAX_ITERATIONS ]; do
         PACKAGE_ID="$PROJECT_NAME"
       fi
 
+      # Get the version - submodule projects use <Version> property, main projects use CPM
+      if [[ "$project" == *submodules/* ]]; then
+        # Submodule projects have their own Version property
+        VERSION=$(dotnet msbuild "$project" -getProperty:Version -p:Configuration=Release -nologo 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^$" | tail -1)
+      else
+        # Main projects use CPM - the version is set by the SetProjectVersionsFromCentralPackageManagement target
+        # We suppress stderr as GetAssemblyVersion task may not be found but PackageVersion is still set correctly
+        VERSION=$(dotnet msbuild "$project" -t:SetProjectVersionsFromCentralPackageManagement -getProperty:PackageVersion -p:Configuration=Release -nologo 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^$" | tail -1)
+      fi
+
       if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
-        echo "❌ ERROR: Could not extract version from $PROJECT_NAME, skipping"
-        echo "  Make sure the project has a <Version> property defined"
+        echo "❌ ERROR: Could not extract version from $PACKAGE_ID, skipping"
+        if [[ "$project" == *submodules/* ]]; then
+          echo "  Make sure the project has a <Version> property defined"
+        else
+          echo "  Make sure the project has a version defined in Directory.Packages.props"
+        fi
+        VERSION_EXTRACTION_FAILURES=$((VERSION_EXTRACTION_FAILURES + 1))
         SHOULD_BUILD=false
       else
         echo "Checking if $PACKAGE_ID $VERSION exists on NuGet.org..."
@@ -168,6 +185,13 @@ echo ""
 echo "=== Build Summary ==="
 echo "Successfully created $PACKAGE_COUNT package(s)"
 
+# Exit with error if any version extractions failed
+if [ $VERSION_EXTRACTION_FAILURES -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "❌ ERROR: Failed to extract version for $VERSION_EXTRACTION_FAILURES project(s)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Only create zip and check for updates when NOT skipping version check
 if [ "$SKIP_VERSION_CHECK" = false ]; then
   if [ $PACKAGE_COUNT -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 399e843a..ae833a36 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.435">
+    <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     <SourceRoot Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)/"/>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(PACK)'!='true'">
-    <Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)LICENSE">
+    <Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)LICENSE" Visible="false">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
-    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)stylecop.json" />
+    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)stylecop.json" Visible="false" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Remove="README.md" />
@@ -32,29 +32,5 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TfmGroupDotNet>net5.0</TfmGroupDotNet>
     <TfmGroupDotNetWindows>net5.0;net5.0-windows</TfmGroupDotNetWindows>
-    <War3NetBuildVersion>5.8.2</War3NetBuildVersion>
-    <War3NetBuildCoreVersion>5.8.2</War3NetBuildCoreVersion>
-    <War3NetCodeAnalysisVersion>5.8.0</War3NetCodeAnalysisVersion>
-    <War3NetCodeAnalysisDecompilersVersion>5.8.2</War3NetCodeAnalysisDecompilersVersion>
-    <War3NetCodeAnalysisJassVersion>5.8.0</War3NetCodeAnalysisJassVersion>
-    <War3NetCodeAnalysisTranspilersVersion>5.8.0</War3NetCodeAnalysisTranspilersVersion>
-    <War3NetCodeAnalysisVJassVersion>0.1.0</War3NetCodeAnalysisVJassVersion>
-    <War3NetCommonVersion>5.8.0</War3NetCommonVersion>
-    <War3NetDrawingBlpVersion>5.9.0</War3NetDrawingBlpVersion>
-    <War3NetIOCascVersion>0.1.0</War3NetIOCascVersion>
-    <War3NetIOCompressionVersion>5.8.0</War3NetIOCompressionVersion>
-    <War3NetIOMpqVersion>5.8.1</War3NetIOMpqVersion>
-    <War3NetIOSlkVersion>5.8.1</War3NetIOSlkVersion>
-    <War3NetModelingVersion>0.1.0</War3NetModelingVersion>
-    <!--
-    <War3NetRenderingVersion></War3NetRenderingVersion>
-    <War3NetReplayVersion></War3NetReplayVersion>
-    <War3NetRuntimeVersion></War3NetRuntimeVersion>
-    <War3NetRuntimeApiBlizzardVersion></War3NetRuntimeApiBlizzardVersion>
-    <War3NetRuntimeApiCommonVersion></War3NetRuntimeApiCommonVersion>
-    <War3NetRuntimeCoreVersion></War3NetRuntimeCoreVersion>
-    -->
-    <War3NetCSharpLuaVersion>2.0.1</War3NetCSharpLuaVersion>
-    <War3NetCSharpLuaCoreSystemVersion>2.0.1</War3NetCSharpLuaCoreSystemVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4499b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<Project>
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<PackageVersion Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.2" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="DotNetZip" Version="1.16.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="JpegLibrary" Version="0.3.30" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="MessagePack" Version="2.2.60" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="MessagePackAnalyzer" Version="2.2.60" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.HashCode" Version="1.1.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.11.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.2.10" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.2.10" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="NAudio" Version="1.10.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="NLua" Version="1.4.32" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="OptimizedPriorityQueue" Version="5.0.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Pfim" Version="0.11.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Pidgin" Version="3.1.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Portable.BouncyCastle" Version="1.9.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.1.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="4.1.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="3.1.11" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.435" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.4" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Veldrid" Version="4.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Veldrid.ImGui" Version="5.72.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Veldrid.SPIRV" Version="1.0.13" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Veldrid.StartupUtilities" Version="4.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="Veldrid.Utilities" Version="4.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Api.Object" Version="1.31.1-rc.11" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.Build" Version="5.8.2" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.Build.Core" Version="5.8.2" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis" Version="5.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers" Version="5.8.2" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass" Version="5.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers" Version="5.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass" Version="0.1.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.Common" Version="5.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.CSharpLua" Version="2.0.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.CSharpLua.CoreSystem" Version="2.0.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" Version="5.9.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.IO.Casc" Version="0.1.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.IO.Compression" Version="5.8.0" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.IO.Mpq" Version="5.8.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.IO.Slk" Version="5.8.1" />
+		<PackageVersion Include="War3Net.Modeling" Version="0.1.0" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/perf/Directory.Build.props b/perf/Directory.Build.props
index e1451d87..eb8a7b8a 100644
--- a/perf/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/perf/Directory.Build.props
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/perf/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks.csproj b/perf/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks.csproj
index 7b616b09..f5774b4e 100644
--- a/perf/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks.csproj
+++ b/perf/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Benchmarks.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" Version="$(War3NetDrawingBlpVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Directory.Build.targets
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19ee7535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<Project>
+  <Target Name="SetProjectVersionsFromCentralPackageManagement" Condition="'$(ManagePackageVersionsCentrally)' == 'true'" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <ThisProjectPackageVersion Include="@(PackageVersion)" Condition="'%(PackageVersion.Identity)' == $(PackageId)" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <PackageVersion>%(ThisProjectPackageVersion.Version)</PackageVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <GetAssemblyVersion Condition="'$(AssemblyVersion)' == '' And '$(PackageVersion)' != '' And '$(GenerateAssemblyInfo)' != 'false'" NuGetVersion="$(PackageVersion)">
+      <Output TaskParameter="AssemblyVersion" PropertyName="AssemblyVersion" />
+    </GetAssemblyVersion>
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GenerateAssemblyInfo)' != 'false'">
+      <FileVersion Condition="'$(FileVersion)' == ''">$(AssemblyVersion)</FileVersion>
+      <InformationalVersion Condition="'$(InformationalVersion)' == ''">$(PackageVersion)</InformationalVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+  </Target>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Build.Core/War3Net.Build.Core.csproj b/src/War3Net.Build.Core/War3Net.Build.Core.csproj
index 3bb59c07..13409987 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Build.Core/War3Net.Build.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Build.Core/War3Net.Build.Core.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetBuildCoreVersion)</Version>
     <RootNamespace>War3Net.Build</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -18,9 +17,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisJassVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Mpq" Version="$(War3NetIOMpqVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Slk" Version="$(War3NetIOSlkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Mpq" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Slk" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Build/War3Net.Build.csproj b/src/War3Net.Build/War3Net.Build.csproj
index 8985b27b..130d1c76 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Build/War3Net.Build.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Build/War3Net.Build.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetBuildVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" Version="$(War3NetBuildCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisTranspilersVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.csproj b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.csproj
index a37733ed..bc50f0ce 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetCodeAnalysisDecompilersVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" Version="$(War3NetBuildCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisJassVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass.csproj b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass.csproj
index b9190842..6395a902 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-		<Version>$(War3NetCodeAnalysisJassVersion)</Version>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" Version="$(War3NetCommonVersion)" />
+		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis" />
+		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.csproj b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.csproj
index fa6cc06a..f884d8a2 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetCodeAnalysisTranspilersVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisJassVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CSharpLua" Version="$(War3NetCSharpLuaVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Jass" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CSharpLua" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.csproj b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.csproj
index 428e3ae2..8598861f 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-		<Version>$(War3NetCodeAnalysisVJassVersion)</Version>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisVersion)" />
-		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" Version="$(War3NetCommonVersion)" />
+		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis" />
+		<PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.csproj b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.csproj
index 4a884147..f45a03d1 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.CodeAnalysis/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-		<Version>$(War3NetCodeAnalysisVersion)</Version>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Pidgin" Version="3.1.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Pidgin" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Common/War3Net.Common.csproj b/src/War3Net.Common/War3Net.Common.csproj
index c30e831a..4b3802bd 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Common/War3Net.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Common/War3Net.Common.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetCommonVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Drawing.Blp/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.csproj b/src/War3Net.Drawing.Blp/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.csproj
index 7d00c5a8..77f4da78 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Drawing.Blp/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Drawing.Blp/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <EnableWindowsTargeting>true</EnableWindowsTargeting>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNetWindows)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetDrawingBlpVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="JpegLibrary" Version="0.3.30" />
+    <PackageReference Include="JpegLibrary" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" Version="$(War3NetCommonVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.IO.Compression/War3Net.IO.Compression.csproj b/src/War3Net.IO.Compression/War3Net.IO.Compression.csproj
index 0b9148b1..ba76c6c8 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.IO.Compression/War3Net.IO.Compression.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.IO.Compression/War3Net.IO.Compression.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetIOCompressionVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="DotNetZip" Version="1.16.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="DotNetZip" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" Version="$(War3NetCommonVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.IO.Mpq/War3Net.IO.Mpq.csproj b/src/War3Net.IO.Mpq/War3Net.IO.Mpq.csproj
index 2f455fde..b8e0fdce 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.IO.Mpq/War3Net.IO.Mpq.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.IO.Mpq/War3Net.IO.Mpq.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetIOMpqVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Library for opening and creating files in MPQ format.</Description>
     <PackageTags>mpq;warcraft3</PackageTags>
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Compression" Version="$(War3NetIOCompressionVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Compression" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.IO.Slk/War3Net.IO.Slk.csproj b/src/War3Net.IO.Slk/War3Net.IO.Slk.csproj
index 1fd1ff49..d688b021 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.IO.Slk/War3Net.IO.Slk.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.IO.Slk/War3Net.IO.Slk.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetIOSlkVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Library for opening and creating files in SLK format.</Description>
     <PackageTags>slk;warcraft3</PackageTags>
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" Version="$(War3NetCommonVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Modeling/War3Net.Modeling.csproj b/src/War3Net.Modeling/War3Net.Modeling.csproj
index 6152c382..f0166725 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Modeling/War3Net.Modeling.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Modeling/War3Net.Modeling.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TfmGroupDotNet)</TargetFrameworks>
-    <Version>$(War3NetModelingVersion)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Library for handling Warcraft III models (.mdl and .mdx files).</Description>
     <PackageTags>mdl;mdx;warcraft3</PackageTags>
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" Version="$(War3NetCommonVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Common" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Rendering/War3Net.Rendering.csproj b/src/War3Net.Rendering/War3Net.Rendering.csproj
index d202b003..b4db244a 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Rendering/War3Net.Rendering.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Rendering/War3Net.Rendering.csproj
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Pfim" Version="0.11.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid" Version="4.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.ImGui" Version="5.72.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.SPIRV" Version="1.0.13" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.StartupUtilities" Version="4.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.Utilities" Version="4.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Pfim" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.ImGui" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.SPIRV" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.StartupUtilities" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Veldrid.Utilities" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" Version="2.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" />
     <!-- todo: packagereferences -->
     <ProjectReference Include="..\War3Net.Modeling\War3Net.Modeling.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\submodules\FastMDX\FastMDX\FastMDX.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Replay/War3Net.Replay.csproj b/src/War3Net.Replay/War3Net.Replay.csproj
index bb693be8..28fb211a 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Replay/War3Net.Replay.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Replay/War3Net.Replay.csproj
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.2.60" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MessagePackAnalyzer" Version="2.2.60" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MessagePackAnalyzer" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Compression" Version="1.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.IO.Compression" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Runtime.Core/War3Net.Runtime.Core.csproj b/src/War3Net.Runtime.Core/War3Net.Runtime.Core.csproj
index ae4868bf..598206b4 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Runtime.Core/War3Net.Runtime.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Runtime.Core/War3Net.Runtime.Core.csproj
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="NAudio" Version="1.10.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="OptimizedPriorityQueue" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="4.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NAudio" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OptimizedPriorityQueue" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" Version="1.7.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" />
     <!-- TODO: packageref -->
     <ProjectReference Include="..\War3Net.Rendering\War3Net.Rendering.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/War3Net.Runtime/War3Net.Runtime.csproj b/src/War3Net.Runtime/War3Net.Runtime.csproj
index d5a206d3..7f1e0324 100644
--- a/src/War3Net.Runtime/War3Net.Runtime.csproj
+++ b/src/War3Net.Runtime/War3Net.Runtime.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="NLua" Version="1.4.32" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLua" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
diff --git a/submodules/Directory.Packages.props b/submodules/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c119d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<Project>
+</Project>
diff --git a/tests/Directory.Build.props b/tests/Directory.Build.props
index 6d972627..3e682527 100644
--- a/tests/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/tests/Directory.Build.props
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.11.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.2.10" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.2.10" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectName)' != 'War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting'">
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.Build.Tests/War3Net.Build.Tests.csproj b/tests/War3Net.Build.Tests/War3Net.Build.Tests.csproj
index aaedcb63..b0d4619f 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.Build.Tests/War3Net.Build.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.Build.Tests/War3Net.Build.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build" Version="$(War3NetBuildVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CSharpLua.CoreSystem" Version="$(War3NetCSharpLuaCoreSystemVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CSharpLua.CoreSystem" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests.csproj b/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests.csproj
index 76a11841..d5687730 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build" Version="$(War3NetBuildVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisDecompilersVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Decompilers" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests.csproj b/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests.csproj
index 654c2e4f..a0b3bdd4 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisTranspilersVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.Transpilers" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests.csproj b/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests.csproj
index 02ab23a3..9e1fd838 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests/War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass.Tests.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass" Version="$(War3NetCodeAnalysisVJassVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CodeAnalysis.VJass" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests.csproj b/tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests.csproj
index 9bdfd75f..44b00d84 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests/War3Net.Drawing.Blp.Tests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="3.1.11" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" Version="$(War3NetDrawingBlpVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests.csproj b/tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests.csproj
index e092dbad..8985e8e0 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests/War3Net.Modeling.Tests.csproj
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" Version="$(War3NetDrawingBlpVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Modeling" Version="$(War3NetModelingVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Drawing.Blp" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Modeling" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests.csproj b/tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests.csproj
index ef2c6245..be6db21f 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests/War3Net.Runtime.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <!-- TODO: PackageReference instead of ProjectReference -->
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\War3Net.Runtime.Core\War3Net.Runtime.Core.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CSharpLua.CoreSystem" Version="$(War3NetCSharpLuaCoreSystemVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.CSharpLua.CoreSystem" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting.csproj b/tests/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting.csproj
index e3fbe427..7c515bf0 100644
--- a/tests/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting.csproj
+++ b/tests/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting/War3Net.TestTools.UnitTesting.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" Version="$(War3NetBuildCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="War3Net.Build.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>