diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 646bafe..999f900 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcViewFeaturesPackageVersion>2.0.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcViewFeaturesPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion>2.0.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerIISIntegrationPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion>2.0.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreServerKestrelPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreSpaServicesPackageVersion>2.0.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreSpaServicesPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion>2.0.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreStaticFilesPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreWebSocketsPackageVersion>2.0.1</MicrosoftAspNetCoreWebSocketsPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion>2.0.0</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPackageVersion>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.csproj
index 4472217..458d3e7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices\Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj" />
+    <!-- In the rel/2.0.1-extensions branch, we use a PackageReference here even though the SpaServices source
+         is in the same repo, because SpaServices.Extensions will ship OOB and must depend on the existing
+         published 2.0.1 version of SpaServices -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreSpaServicesPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>