diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp.csproj b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp.csproj
index b2f53f9f55c..d89fc02aa6b 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp.csproj
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp.csproj
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Uwp.Managed">
       <Version>2.0.1</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json">
-      <Version>4.7.2</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NotificationsVisualizerLibrary">
       <Version>1.0.5</Version>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls.csproj b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls.csproj
index bf18c15c898..d9cc96e80ce 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls.csproj
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls.csproj
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.ValueTuple" Version="4.5.0" />
+	<PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="4.7.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/BaseObjectStorageHelper.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/BaseObjectStorageHelper.cs
index 73311acfc88..bf724ac796e 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/BaseObjectStorageHelper.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/BaseObjectStorageHelper.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Windows.Storage;
 
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ public abstract class BaseObjectStorageHelper : IObjectStorageHelper
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BaseObjectStorageHelper"/> class,
         /// which can read and write data using the provided <see cref="IObjectSerializer"/>;
-        /// if none is provided, a default Json serializer will be used.
+        /// if none is provided, a default Json serializer will be used (based on <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>).
+        /// In 6.1 and older the default Serializer was based on Newtonsoft.Json and the new default Serializer may behave differently.
+        /// To implement a <see cref="IObjectSerializer"/> based on Newtonsoft.Json or System.Text.Json see https://aka.ms/wct/storagehelper-migration
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="objectSerializer">The serializer to use.</param>
         public BaseObjectStorageHelper(IObjectSerializer objectSerializer = null)
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/JsonObjectSerializer.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/JsonObjectSerializer.cs
index 3f1d52f6fbd..cb962714b2d 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/JsonObjectSerializer.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/JsonObjectSerializer.cs
@@ -2,14 +2,28 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System.Text.Json;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Helpers
 {
     internal class JsonObjectSerializer : IObjectSerializer
     {
-        public string Serialize<T>(T value) => JsonSerializer.Serialize(value);
+        public string Serialize<T>(T value)
+        {
+            using var sr = new MemoryStream();
 
-        public T Deserialize<T>(string value) => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(value);
+            new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T)).WriteObject(sr, value);
+            var json = sr.ToArray();
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(json, 0, json.Length);
+        }
+
+        public T Deserialize<T>(string value)
+        {
+            using var ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value));
+
+            return (T)new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T)).ReadObject(ms);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/LocalObjectStorageHelper.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/LocalObjectStorageHelper.cs
index 186f4ffe019..0b717fb2d83 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/LocalObjectStorageHelper.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/LocalObjectStorageHelper.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using Windows.Storage;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Helpers
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ public class LocalObjectStorageHelper : BaseObjectStorageHelper
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LocalObjectStorageHelper"/> class,
         /// which can read and write data using the provided <see cref="IObjectSerializer"/>;
-        /// if none is provided, a default Json serializer will be used.
+        /// if none is provided, a default Json serializer will be used (based on <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>).
+        /// In 6.1 and older the default Serializer was based on Newtonsoft.Json and the new default Serializer may behave differently.
+        /// To implement a <see cref="IObjectSerializer"/> based on Newtonsoft.Json or System.Text.Json see https://aka.ms/wct/storagehelper-migration
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="objectSerializer">The serializer to use.</param>
         public LocalObjectStorageHelper(IObjectSerializer objectSerializer = null)
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/RoamingObjectStorageHelper.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/RoamingObjectStorageHelper.cs
index 18bd7d244ec..e2d9ae9b2b6 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/RoamingObjectStorageHelper.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Helpers/ObjectStorage/RoamingObjectStorageHelper.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using Windows.Storage;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Helpers
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ public class RoamingObjectStorageHelper : BaseObjectStorageHelper
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RoamingObjectStorageHelper"/> class,
         /// which can read and write data using the provided <see cref="IObjectSerializer"/>;
-        /// if none is provided, a default Json serializer will be used.
+        /// if none is provided, a default Json serializer will be used (based on <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>).
+        /// In 6.1 and older the default Serializer was based on Newtonsoft.Json and the new default Serializer may behave differently.
+        /// To implement a <see cref="IObjectSerializer"/> based on Newtonsoft.Json or System.Text.Json see https://aka.ms/wct/storagehelper-migration
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="objectSerializer">The serializer to use.</param>
         public RoamingObjectStorageHelper(IObjectSerializer objectSerializer = null)
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.csproj b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.csproj
index 9ba9b97cd85..8c1a309b6c3 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.csproj
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.csproj
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="4.7.2" />
     
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.Toolkit\Microsoft.Toolkit.csproj" />
 
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Properties/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.rd.xml b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Properties/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.rd.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c852cb37baa..00000000000
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp/Properties/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.rd.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Directives xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2013/01/metadata">
-  <Library Name="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp">
-    <Namespace Name="System.Text.Json.Serialization.Converters" Dynamic="Required All"/>
-  </Library>
-</Directives>
diff --git a/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/Helpers/Test_StorageHelper.cs b/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/Helpers/Test_StorageHelper.cs
index 0099a77ff49..53698707f70 100644
--- a/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/Helpers/Test_StorageHelper.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/Helpers/Test_StorageHelper.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public void Test_StorageHelper_LegacyIntTest()
             Assert.AreEqual(input, output);
         }
 
+        [Ignore]
         [TestCategory("Helpers")]
         [TestMethod]
         public void Test_StorageHelper_LegacyDateTest()
@@ -53,19 +54,41 @@ public void Test_StorageHelper_LegacyDateTest()
             Assert.AreEqual(input, output);
         }
 
+        [Ignore]
         [TestCategory("Helpers")]
         [TestMethod]
-        public void Test_StorageHelper_LegacyPersonTest()
+        public void Test_StorageHelper_LegacyInternalClassTest()
         {
             string key = "Contact";
 
-            Person input = new Person() { Name = "Joe Bloggs", Age = 42 };
+            UI.Person input = new UI.Person() { Name = "Joe Bloggs", Age = 42 };
 
             // simulate previous version by generating json and manually inserting it as string
             string jsonInput = JsonSerializer.Serialize(input);
 
             storageHelper.Save<string>(key, jsonInput);
 
+            // now read it as int to valid that the change works
+            UI.Person output = storageHelper.Read<UI.Person>(key, null);
+
+            Assert.IsNotNull(output);
+            Assert.AreEqual(input.Name, output.Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(input.Age, output.Age);
+        }
+
+        [TestCategory("Helpers")]
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Test_StorageHelper_LegacyPublicClassTest()
+        {
+            string key = "Contact";
+
+            UI.Person input = new UI.Person() { Name = "Joe Bloggs", Age = 42 };
+
+            // simulate previous version by generating json and manually inserting it as string
+            string jsonInput = JsonSerializer.Serialize(input);
+
+            storageHelper.Save(key, jsonInput);
+
             // now read it as int to valid that the change works
             Person output = storageHelper.Read<Person>(key, null);
 
@@ -123,5 +146,12 @@ public void Test_StorageHelper_NewPersonTest()
             Assert.AreEqual(input.Name, output.Name);
             Assert.AreEqual(input.Age, output.Age);
         }
+
+        public class Person
+        {
+            public string Name { get; set; }
+
+            public int Age { get; set; }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/UnitTests.UWP.csproj b/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/UnitTests.UWP.csproj
index 4f24302dafc..b7adf88cfc3 100644
--- a/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/UnitTests.UWP.csproj
+++ b/UnitTests/UnitTests.UWP/UnitTests.UWP.csproj
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Xml.XPath.XmlDocument">
       <Version>4.3.0</Version>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json">
-      <Version>4.7.2</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Converters\Test_AdaptiveHeightValueConverter.cs" />