diff --git a/Hexastore.PerfConsole/Hexastore.PerfConsole.csproj b/Hexastore.PerfConsole/Hexastore.PerfConsole.csproj
index a3d1b5d..6357664 100644
--- a/Hexastore.PerfConsole/Hexastore.PerfConsole.csproj
+++ b/Hexastore.PerfConsole/Hexastore.PerfConsole.csproj
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), 'README.md'))\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <NoWarn>NU1608</NoWarn>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Hexastore.Rocks/Hexastore.Rocks.csproj b/Hexastore.Rocks/Hexastore.Rocks.csproj
index eb3ee9d..fb1b105 100644
--- a/Hexastore.Rocks/Hexastore.Rocks.csproj
+++ b/Hexastore.Rocks/Hexastore.Rocks.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), 'README.md'))\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="RocksDbNative" Version="5.17.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="RocksDbSharp" Version="5.17.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="RocksDbNative" Version="5.17.2">
+      <PrivateAssets>none</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="RocksDbSharp" Version="5.17.2">
+      <PrivateAssets>none</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Hexastore.ScaleConsole/Hexastore.ScaleConsole.csproj b/Hexastore.ScaleConsole/Hexastore.ScaleConsole.csproj
index 9bd75d7..59abf12 100644
--- a/Hexastore.ScaleConsole/Hexastore.ScaleConsole.csproj
+++ b/Hexastore.ScaleConsole/Hexastore.ScaleConsole.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), 'README.md'))\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Hexastore.Test/Hexastore.Test.csproj b/Hexastore.Test/Hexastore.Test.csproj
index 8469d0e..18f857d 100644
--- a/Hexastore.Test/Hexastore.Test.csproj
+++ b/Hexastore.Test/Hexastore.Test.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), 'README.md'))\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
-
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/Hexastore.Web/Hexastore.Web.csproj b/Hexastore.Web/Hexastore.Web.csproj
index 2f75620..53f86ac 100644
--- a/Hexastore.Web/Hexastore.Web.csproj
+++ b/Hexastore.Web/Hexastore.Web.csproj
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), 'README.md'))\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <AspNetCoreHostingModel>InProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>
     <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Hexastore/Hexastore.csproj b/Hexastore/Hexastore.csproj
index 6ea6c5c..70b312f 100644
--- a/Hexastore/Hexastore.csproj
+++ b/Hexastore/Hexastore.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), 'README.md'))\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ab8df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0">
+  <!-- Nuspec defaults -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Version>1.0.0-beta.5</Version>
+    <Authors>angshuman,jobeland,emgarten</Authors>
+    <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/angshuman/hexadb</PackageProjectUrl>
+    <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
+    <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+    <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/angshuman/hexadb</RepositoryUrl>
+    <PackageTags>triplestore,triple-store,rocksdb,graphdb,jsonld,linked-data,graph,triples,nested-objects</PackageTags>
+    <Description>A schemaless graph database based on RocksDb</Description>
+    <Copyright>Copyright © 2020 Angshuman Sarkar</Copyright>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>