diff --git a/src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj b/src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj
index 3c6db0e..77128cc 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj
+++ b/src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>XML configuration (System.Configuration &lt;appSettings&gt;) support for Serilog.</Description>
-    <VersionPrefix>3.0.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>3.1.0</VersionPrefix>
     <Authors>Serilog Contributors</Authors>
     <!-- .NET Framework version targeting is frozen at these two TFMs. -->
     <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">net471;net462</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible('$(TargetFramework)', 'net6.0'))">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.4.1" />    
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="6.0.0" />    
   </ItemGroup>
     
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.4.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="6.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>