Missing NuGet Assembly on deployment

[Ali-HA]

The plug-in works fine in "debug", but once deployed to azure app service I get this error:

An error occurred while starting the application.
FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer, Version=3.1.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60'. The system cannot find the file specified.

Nop.Plugin.Api.Infrastructure.ApiStartup.ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)

FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer, Version=3.1.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60'. The system cannot find the file specified.
    Nop.Plugin.Api.Infrastructure.ApiStartup.ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
    Nop.Core.Infrastructure.NopEngine.ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration, NopConfig nopConfig) in NopEngine.cs
    Nop.Web.Framework.Infrastructure.Extensions.ServiceCollectionExtensions.ConfigureApplicationServices(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration, IWebHostEnvironment webHostEnvironment) in ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
    Nop.Web.Startup.ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) in Startup.cs
    System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(object target, object[] arguments, Signature sig, bool constructor, bool wrapExceptions)
    System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
    Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.ConfigureServicesBuilder.InvokeCore(object instance, IServiceCollection services)
    Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.ConfigureServicesBuilder+<>c__DisplayClass9_0.<Invoke>g__Startup|0(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
    Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.ConfigureServicesBuilder.Invoke(object instance, IServiceCollection services)
    Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.ConfigureServicesBuilder+<>c__DisplayClass8_0.<Build>b__0(IServiceCollection services)
    Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.GenericWebHostBuilder.UseStartup(Type startupType, HostBuilderContext context, IServiceCollection services)
    Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.GenericWebHostBuilder+<>c__DisplayClass12_0.<UseStartup>b__0(HostBuilderContext context, IServiceCollection services)
    Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.HostBuilder.CreateServiceProvider()
    Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.HostBuilder.Build()
    Nop.Web.Program.Main(string[] args) in Program.cs

I verified that this is set to true
CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies true

it looks like Nuget packages are not loaded. I copied the Api folder and it contains all the required packages files:

[Areas] logo.jpg
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer.dll
Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.dll
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging.dll
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.dll
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect.dll
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll
Nop.Plugin.Api.1.0.0.nupkg
Nop.Plugin.Api.deps.json
Nop.Plugin.Api.dll
Nop.Plugin.Api.pdb
plugin.json
[runtimes]
System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.dll

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