diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb520945..45e9e0c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.53.1] - 2021-06-23
+
+### Changed
+
+- Fixed nuget package spec to not embed sourcelink dependency
+
 ## [0.53.0] - 2021-06-22
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/paket.dependencies b/paket.dependencies
index c2fd25aa..065d27fc 100644
--- a/paket.dependencies
+++ b/paket.dependencies
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ nuget FSharp.Core
 nuget FSharp.Compiler.Service
 nuget Argu ~> 5.1
 
-nuget Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub copy_local: false
+# copy_local: true doesn't expose sourcelink as a package dependency
+nuget Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub copy_local: true
 
 nuget Expecto ~> 8.4
 nuget Expecto.Diff
 nuget Expecto.TestResults ~> 8.4
 nuget MedallionShell ~> 1.5.0
 
-
+# copy_local: false exculdes runtime assets (desired for msbuild)
 nuget Microsoft.Build copy_local: false
 nuget Microsoft.Build.Framework copy_local: false
 nuget Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core copy_local: false
diff --git a/paket.lock b/paket.lock
index 2719a155..f69ad590 100644
--- a/paket.lock
+++ b/paket.lock
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ NUGET
       System.Security.Cryptography.Xml (>= 4.7)
       System.Security.Permissions (>= 4.7)
       System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow (>= 4.9)
-    Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Git (1.0) - copy_local: false
+    Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Git (1.0) - copy_local: true
     Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core (16.10) - copy_local: false
       Microsoft.Build.Framework (>= 16.10)
       Microsoft.NET.StringTools (>= 1.0)
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ NUGET
       System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe (>= 5.0)
     Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms (5.0.2) - copy_local: false
     Microsoft.NETCore.Targets (5.0)
-    Microsoft.SourceLink.Common (1.0) - copy_local: false
-    Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub (1.0) - copy_local: false
+    Microsoft.SourceLink.Common (1.0) - copy_local: true
+    Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub (1.0) - copy_local: true
       Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Git (>= 1.0)
       Microsoft.SourceLink.Common (>= 1.0)
     Microsoft.Win32.Primitives (4.3)