diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks.csproj b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks.csproj
index f32896d9..410ca733 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks.csproj
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks.csproj
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Benchly" Version="0.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.14.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.Windows" Version="0.14.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.15.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.Windows" Version="0.15.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="MathNet.Numerics" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="9.0.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="9.0.7" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="9.0.7" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std.csproj b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std.csproj
index 806080d4..56f40e11 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std.csproj
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Std.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="8.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.13.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
     <PackageReference Include="ObjectLayoutInspector" Version="0.1.4" />
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.csproj b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.csproj
index b5aef909..ec7baeee 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="8.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.13.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
     <PackageReference Include="ObjectLayoutInspector" Version="0.1.4" />
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
     
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.5.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.6.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching/BitFaster.Caching.csproj b/BitFaster.Caching/BitFaster.Caching.csproj
index c1304d11..80346bfd 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching/BitFaster.Caching.csproj
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching/BitFaster.Caching.csproj
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
+
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Analyzers" Version="7.0.100-1.23401.1" />
      <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.5.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index c8ddc9db..2c89ba8e 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
   	<!-- Work around generated csproj can't find the signing key. -->