diff --git a/src/Impostor.Server/Impostor.Server.csproj b/src/Impostor.Server/Impostor.Server.csproj
index 9031eb0b5..6b15b4145 100644
--- a/src/Impostor.Server/Impostor.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/Impostor.Server/Impostor.Server.csproj
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
+    <!-- HACK: Some plugins depend on System.IO.Pipelines and expect the version to be 5.0.0.0, but .NET 5 only ships version 5.0.0.1. It is pretty hard to convince MSBuild to build against the correct DLL, so we special case it here. Remove once we move past .NET 5 -->
+    <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Pipelines" Version="5.0.0"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -55,4 +57,4 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>