diff --git a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
index 4165274cba62..35552847e36f 100644
--- a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.Projects" Version="2.0.0-beta.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.21.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter" Version="1.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Search.Documents" Version="11.7.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Search.Documents" Version="12.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Community.OData.Linq" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Dapr.Actors" Version="1.16.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Dapr.Actors.AspNetCore" Version="1.16.1" />
diff --git a/dotnet/samples/Concepts/Concepts.csproj b/dotnet/samples/Concepts/Concepts.csproj
index 5345cdface12..7a72a56ea0da 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/Concepts/Concepts.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/samples/Concepts/Concepts.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Search.Documents" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Compilers.Toolset" />
     <PackageReference Include="Docker.DotNet" />
     <PackageReference Include="Google.Apis.Auth" />
diff --git a/dotnet/samples/Demos/VectorStoreRAG/VectorStoreRAG.csproj b/dotnet/samples/Demos/VectorStoreRAG/VectorStoreRAG.csproj
index e4640a13f8eb..4dff348a781c 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/Demos/VectorStoreRAG/VectorStoreRAG.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/samples/Demos/VectorStoreRAG/VectorStoreRAG.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Search.Documents" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.DataAnnotations" />
diff --git a/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithVectorStores/GettingStartedWithVectorStores.csproj b/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithVectorStores/GettingStartedWithVectorStores.csproj
index d911327ee3d6..85170d7eaf12 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithVectorStores/GettingStartedWithVectorStores.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithVectorStores/GettingStartedWithVectorStores.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <UserSecretsId>5ee045b0-aea3-4f08-8d31-32d1a6f8fed0</UserSecretsId>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Search.Documents" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="xRetry" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" />