diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 8c0dcc3b7..f3b6c97f1 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function ConvertToPrettyJson {
 function json_path([String] $json, [String] $jsonpath, [Hashtable] $substitutions) {
     Add-Type -Path "$psscriptroot\..\supporting\validator\bin\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
     if ($null -ne $substitutions) {
-        $jsonpath = substitute $jsonpath $substitutions
+        $jsonpath = substitute $jsonpath $substitutions ($jsonpath -like "*=~*")
     }
     try {
         $obj = [Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject]::Parse($json)
diff --git a/supporting/shimexe/packages.config b/supporting/shimexe/packages.config
index 076a52e96..64e5e8765 100644
--- a/supporting/shimexe/packages.config
+++ b/supporting/shimexe/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Net.Compilers" version="2.6.1" targetFramework="net40" developmentDependency="true" />
-</packages>
\ No newline at end of file
+  <package id="Microsoft.Net.Compilers" version="2.10.0" targetFramework="net45" developmentDependency="true" />
+</packages>
diff --git a/supporting/shimexe/shim.csproj b/supporting/shimexe/shim.csproj
index c2484bc29..a2733e619 100644
--- a/supporting/shimexe/shim.csproj
+++ b/supporting/shimexe/shim.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
-  <Import Project="packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
+  <Import Project="packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>Scoop.Shim</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Scoop.Shim</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105.The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll b/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll
index 44292af58..1d5aa3b83 100644
Binary files a/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll and b/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll differ
diff --git a/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.dll b/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.dll
index 71ba70200..80699020c 100644
Binary files a/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.dll and b/supporting/validator/bin/Newtonsoft.Json.dll differ
diff --git a/supporting/validator/bin/Scoop.Validator.dll b/supporting/validator/bin/Scoop.Validator.dll
index 4c4a2034f..d4e13403f 100644
Binary files a/supporting/validator/bin/Scoop.Validator.dll and b/supporting/validator/bin/Scoop.Validator.dll differ
diff --git a/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha256 b/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha256
index 84055541a..1247d597b 100644
--- a/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha256
+++ b/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha256
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-52cc6ddf77990fbaaae4db593f655610652133ceeadb32262c122d8c9eea1bad *Newtonsoft.Json.dll
-8643f860be0e5592e73219b6d5e993265f336d3bf2c93d6db5a2e918d3c3f177 *Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll
-306de31359895c96e1b91df29a216b65a7aa3f353251ba3e5ad129906fcfc77b *Scoop.Validator.dll
+f58c374ffcaae4e36d740d90fbf7fe70d0abb7328cd9af3a0a7b70803e994ba4 *Newtonsoft.Json.dll
+4ca0681df3755205cfd178aaa38f7fd6818c183c4d14c77cd77f8d777282a650 *Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll
+e077a05608126d44938158da04fe2062513afedba666648ed185d3e25b50436e *Scoop.Validator.dll
 cc82c9659716b564a69690a8b67e5472ea1e8e060b974306314acdd42767bf6d *validator.exe
diff --git a/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha512 b/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha512
index f42ed2013..c2ee0cd94 100644
--- a/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha512
+++ b/supporting/validator/bin/checksum.sha512
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-4639a7f77f7a9cafa38c632332dd5085355623f3d84475374241a64bd110569f504086b479b519e90ddbd471d4a5034239418ebc03277424212e0e6698e64418 *Newtonsoft.Json.dll
-0c39a3c8e514fde4d629f11f94e6c7acdcd196cd1229c3ef5a6a0455c1cdf4dbf3fda24dd9392b05e917cb85ec745393595086078d1437343dded52f2c0011f3 *Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll
-d133d47dbeda60571090fc4159e3575b40ddaddef858b56e0103ad531dc4612a9d4bdbee8a6b5dd4e0d5abeb549afadd059767058b568e4d5d31990a42631743 *Scoop.Validator.dll
+7cbbbef742f56af80f1012d7da86fe5375ac05813045756fb45d0691c36ef13c069361457500ba4200157d5ee7922fd118bf4c0635e5192e3f8c6183fd580944 *Newtonsoft.Json.dll
+2d9c630948c21b325af7b7ad3de9219a3fdcc23fa65270a0cdb78ea9609038434f6b741a968e9758f93782a3bab57efc3072429bdf84f8ad25a94bf5a8c4bc48 *Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll
+15b0aa8b29f4e7d74ae3ff36ce7d72f6243a9b7f35890df3e549340c27edf37a73a9d16132254baf661a9aadc6fd5870d3b04452b78df79e3ccf9bee1c9bd788 *Scoop.Validator.dll
 384d22bfb21b2767de862f95945dca91aefb4b5eca687d20e410dc64059c5402a13c085517cb807635ff07397fee9bda31b0fdc0090c24cb424f62b285ea0477 *validator.exe
diff --git a/supporting/validator/build.ps1 b/supporting/validator/build.ps1
index 3e5f62edb..d5255f21e 100644
--- a/supporting/validator/build.ps1
+++ b/supporting/validator/build.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Write-Host "Install dependencies ..."
 Invoke-Expression "$psscriptroot\install.ps1"
 
 $output = "$psscriptroot\bin"
-Get-ChildItem "$psscriptroot\packages\Newtonsoft.*\lib\net40\*.dll" -File | ForEach-Object { Copy-Item $_ $output }
+Get-ChildItem "$psscriptroot\packages\Newtonsoft.*\lib\net45\*.dll" -File | ForEach-Object { Copy-Item $_ $output }
 Write-Output 'Compiling Scoop.Validator.cs ...'
 & "$psscriptroot\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers\tools\csc.exe" /deterministic /platform:anycpu /nologo /optimize /target:library /reference:"$output\Newtonsoft.Json.dll","$output\Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll" /out:"$output\Scoop.Validator.dll" Scoop.Validator.cs
 Write-Output 'Compiling validator.cs ...'
diff --git a/supporting/validator/packages.config b/supporting/validator/packages.config
index 080c82f97..77bf30dbb 100644
--- a/supporting/validator/packages.config
+++ b/supporting/validator/packages.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json.Schema" version="3.0.5" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Net.Compilers" version="2.6.1" targetFramework="net40" developmentDependency="true" />
-</packages>
\ No newline at end of file
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="11.0.2" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json.Schema" version="3.0.10" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Net.Compilers" version="2.10.0" targetFramework="net45" developmentDependency="true" />
+</packages>
diff --git a/supporting/validator/validator.csproj b/supporting/validator/validator.csproj
index 424582662..fcca6e078 100644
--- a/supporting/validator/validator.csproj
+++ b/supporting/validator/validator.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
-  <Import Project="packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
+  <Import Project="packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
@@ -10,17 +9,17 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>Scoop.Validator</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Scoop.Validator</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed">
-      <HintPath>packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.3\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed">
+      <HintPath>packages\Newtonsoft.Json.11.0.2\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Schema, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed">
-      <HintPath>packages\Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.3.0.5\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>packages\Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.3.0.10\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105.The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.6.1\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.10.0\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>