diff --git a/src/Artemis.Core/Artemis.Core.csproj b/src/Artemis.Core/Artemis.Core.csproj
index 33d2a5382..772adf7d2 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.Core/Artemis.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.Core/Artemis.Core.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
+    
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
         <PreserveCompilationContext>false</PreserveCompilationContext>
@@ -43,14 +45,14 @@
         <PackageReference Include="LiteDB" Version="5.0.16" />
         <PackageReference Include="McMaster.NETCore.Plugins" Version="1.4.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Core" Version="2.0.0-prerelease.83" />
-        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Layout" Version="2.0.0-prerelease.83" />
-        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Presets" Version="2.0.0-prerelease.83" />
+        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Core" Version="$(RGBDotNetVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Layout" Version="$(RGBDotNetVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Presets" Version="$(RGBDotNetVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="2.12.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="4.1.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Debug" Version="2.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="5.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="$(SkiaSharpVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Buffers" Version="4.5.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl" Version="5.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Vectors" Version="4.5.0" />
diff --git a/src/Artemis.Storage/Artemis.Storage.csproj b/src/Artemis.Storage/Artemis.Storage.csproj
index 6ccd74e0d..fcb97b0c5 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.Storage/Artemis.Storage.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.Storage/Artemis.Storage.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
+    
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
         <PreserveCompilationContext>false</PreserveCompilationContext>
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI.Linux/Artemis.UI.Linux.csproj b/src/Artemis.UI.Linux/Artemis.UI.Linux.csproj
index a38c1b34c..cb282136f 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI.Linux/Artemis.UI.Linux.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI.Linux/Artemis.UI.Linux.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
+    
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -16,11 +18,11 @@
         <None Remove=".gitignore" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <!--Condition below is needed to remove Avalonia.Diagnostics package from build output in Release configuration.-->
-        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="18.4.26" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI.MacOS/Artemis.UI.MacOS.csproj b/src/Artemis.UI.MacOS/Artemis.UI.MacOS.csproj
index 72a221df4..57649624f 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI.MacOS/Artemis.UI.MacOS.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI.MacOS/Artemis.UI.MacOS.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
+    
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -15,11 +17,11 @@
         <None Remove=".gitignore" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <!--Condition below is needed to remove Avalonia.Diagnostics package from build output in Release configuration.-->
-        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="18.4.26" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI.Shared/Artemis.UI.Shared.csproj b/src/Artemis.UI.Shared/Artemis.UI.Shared.csproj
index 824cd9624..15b723fd5 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI.Shared/Artemis.UI.Shared.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI.Shared/Artemis.UI.Shared.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
+    
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -10,18 +12,18 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <!--Condition below is needed to remove Avalonia.Diagnostics package from build output in Release configuration.-->
-        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors" Version="11.0.0-rc1.1" />
+        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="DynamicData" Version="7.13.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="FluentAvaloniaUI" Version="2.0.0-rc1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="FluentAvaloniaUI" Version="$(FluentAvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Material.Icons.Avalonia" Version="2.0.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="18.4.26" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI.Validation" Version="3.1.7" />
-        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Core" Version="2.0.0-prerelease.83" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Core" Version="$(RGBDotNetVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="$(SkiaSharpVersion)" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\Artemis.Core\Artemis.Core.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj b/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj
index 1b839e4bf..bd7210217 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
+    
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.17763.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -21,18 +23,18 @@
         </None>
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <!--Condition below is needed to remove Avalonia.Diagnostics package from build output in Release configuration.-->
-        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Win32" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Win32" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32" Version="2.0.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="7.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="RawInput.Sharp" Version="0.1.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="18.4.26" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.Vulkan.SharpVk" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.Vulkan.SharpVk" Version="$(SkiaSharpVersion)" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\Artemis.Core\Artemis.Core.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI/Artemis.UI.csproj b/src/Artemis.UI/Artemis.UI.csproj
index e6294906e..02127d187 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI/Artemis.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI/Artemis.UI.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
+
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -15,28 +17,26 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Controls.PanAndZoom" Version="11.0.0-rc1.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Controls.PanAndZoom" Version="11.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <!--Condition below is needed to remove Avalonia.Diagnostics package from build output in Release configuration.-->
-        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors" Version="11.0.0-rc1.1" />
+        <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="DryIoc.dll" Version="5.4.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="DynamicData" Version="7.13.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="FluentAvaloniaUI" Version="2.0.0-rc1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="FluentAvaloniaUI" Version="$(FluentAvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Flurl.Http" Version="3.2.4" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Live.Avalonia" Version="1.3.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Markdown.Avalonia.Tight" Version="11.0.0-d1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Markdown.Avalonia.Tight" Version="11.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Material.Icons.Avalonia" Version="2.0.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Octopus.Octodiff" Version="2.0.261" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="18.4.26" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI.Validation" Version="3.1.7" />
-        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Core" Version="2.0.0-prerelease.83" />
-        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Layout" Version="2.0.0-prerelease.83" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Core" Version="$(RGBDotNetVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="RGB.NET.Layout" Version="$(RGBDotNetVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="$(SkiaSharpVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Splat.DryIoc" Version="14.6.8" />
-        <PackageReference Include="System.Reactive" Version="5.0.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/ProfileEditor/Panels/VisualEditor/VisualEditorView.axaml.cs b/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/ProfileEditor/Panels/VisualEditor/VisualEditorView.axaml.cs
index 87e7b3b2e..3fb88d5c5 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/ProfileEditor/Panels/VisualEditor/VisualEditorView.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/ProfileEditor/Panels/VisualEditor/VisualEditorView.axaml.cs
@@ -63,12 +63,7 @@ public partial class VisualEditorView : ReactiveUserControl<VisualEditorViewMode
     private void UpdateZoomBorderBackground()
     {
         if (ZoomBorder.Background is VisualBrush visualBrush)
-        {
             visualBrush.DestinationRect = new RelativeRect(ZoomBorder.OffsetX * -1, ZoomBorder.OffsetY * -1, 20, 20, RelativeUnit.Absolute);
-            // Workaround
-            // This fixes an issue where the container is not invalidated, which leaves behind a 'smear' since Avalonia 11 rc1, check if still required later
-            ZoomBorder.InvalidateVisual();
-        }
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/Root/RootView.axaml.cs b/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/Root/RootView.axaml.cs
index 98b9fbc14..23d822d48 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/Root/RootView.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/Root/RootView.axaml.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public partial class RootView : ReactiveUserControl<RootViewModel>
     {
         try
         {
-            // Dispatcher.UIThread.Invoke(() => RootFrame.NavigateFromObject(viewModel));
+            Dispatcher.UIThread.Invoke(() => RootFrame.NavigateFromObject(viewModel));
         }
         catch (Exception)
         {
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/SurfaceEditor/SurfaceEditorView.axaml.cs b/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/SurfaceEditor/SurfaceEditorView.axaml.cs
index 73b747355..797cad4d5 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/SurfaceEditor/SurfaceEditorView.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI/Screens/SurfaceEditor/SurfaceEditorView.axaml.cs
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ public partial class SurfaceEditorView : ReactiveUserControl<SurfaceEditorViewMo
     private void UpdateZoomBorderBackground()
     {
         if (ContainerZoomBorder.Background is VisualBrush visualBrush)
-        {
             visualBrush.DestinationRect = new RelativeRect(ContainerZoomBorder.OffsetX * -1, ContainerZoomBorder.OffsetY * -1, 20, 20, RelativeUnit.Absolute);
-            // Workaround
-            // This fixes an issue where the container is not invalidated, which leaves behind a 'smear' since Avalonia 11 rc1, check if still required later
-            ContainerZoomBorder.InvalidateVisual();
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Artemis.VisualScripting/Artemis.VisualScripting.csproj b/src/Artemis.VisualScripting/Artemis.VisualScripting.csproj
index 9a7e1bdbb..aa97126e1 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.VisualScripting/Artemis.VisualScripting.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.VisualScripting/Artemis.VisualScripting.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -8,14 +9,14 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="11.0.0-rc2.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors" Version="11.0.0-rc1.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="DryIoc.dll" Version="5.4.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="NoStringEvaluating" Version="2.5.2" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="18.4.26" />
         <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI.Validation" Version="3.1.7" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="$(SkiaSharpVersion)" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Artemis.WebClient.Updating/Artemis.WebClient.Updating.csproj b/src/Artemis.WebClient.Updating/Artemis.WebClient.Updating.csproj
index c31da3c25..056aa9531 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.WebClient.Updating/Artemis.WebClient.Updating.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.WebClient.Updating/Artemis.WebClient.Updating.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+    <Import Project="..\Artemis.props" />
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
diff --git a/src/Artemis.props b/src/Artemis.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..121967a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Artemis.props
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <AvaloniaVersion>11.0.0</AvaloniaVersion>
+        <FluentAvaloniaVersion>2.0.0</FluentAvaloniaVersion>
+        <RGBDotNetVersion>2.0.0-prerelease.83</RGBDotNetVersion>
+        <SkiaSharpVersion>2.88.3</SkiaSharpVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Artemis.sln b/src/Artemis.sln
index 2e53b5d9a..1e74be560 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.sln
+++ b/src/Artemis.sln
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Artemis.VisualScripting", "
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Artemis.WebClient.Updating", "Artemis.WebClient.Updating\Artemis.WebClient.Updating.csproj", "{7C8C6F50-0CC8-45B3-B608-A7218C005E4B}"
 EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{44482312-142F-44A4-992C-0AF0F26BAE54}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		Artemis.props = Artemis.props
+		Artemis.sln.DotSettings = Artemis.sln.DotSettings
+		Artemis.sln.DotSettings.user = Artemis.sln.DotSettings.user
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64