diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index de1c93d5..33bcf8ae 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <PackageReference Update="Yarp.ReverseProxy" Version="$(YarpVersion)" />
 
         <!-- samples -->
-        <PackageReference Update="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="8.0.2" />
+        <PackageReference Update="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="8.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="$(WilsonVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Update="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="$(WilsonVersion)" />
 
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
         <PackageReference Update="Duende.IdentityServer" Version="$(IdentityServerVersion)" />
         
         <PackageReference Update="CsQuery.NETStandard" Version="1.3.6.1" />
-        <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.3.1" />
-        <PackageReference Update="xunit" Version="2.4.2" />
-        <PackageReference Update="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.5">
+        <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
+        <PackageReference Update="xunit" Version="2.9.2" />
+        <PackageReference Update="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
         </PackageReference>
         <PackageReference Update="FluentAssertions" Version="6.7.0" />
-        <PackageReference Update="coverlet.collector" Version="3.1.2">
+        <PackageReference Update="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.0">
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
         </PackageReference>
diff --git a/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests.csproj b/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests.csproj
index 5626771b..655aba15 100644
--- a/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.Client.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing" Version="8.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Shouldly" Version="4.2.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.5.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests.csproj b/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests.csproj
index 2c104e3d..a3931e32 100644
--- a/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests/Duende.Bff.Blazor.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Shouldly" Version="4.2.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.5.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>