diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-linux.yml
index d7dbde9852..bfc9d30850 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-linux.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 8.0.101
+        dotnet-version: 9.0.100
 
     - name: Add permission to run shell
       run: chmod -R +x *.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 334236b9f6..649df461ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 8.0.101
+        dotnet-version: 9.0.x
 
     - name: Restore dependencies
       run: ./build-restore.cmd
diff --git a/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index 9d8226641b..9f0cbfbcd3 100644
--- a/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ steps:
   continueOnError: false
   inputs:
     packageType: 'sdk'
-    version: '8.0.101'
+    version: '9.0.x'
     useGlobalJson: false
     performMultiLevelLookup: true
     workingDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 4dec786e4f..44bc2762d7 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "sdk": {
-      "version": "8.0.101",
+      "version": "9.0.100",
       "rollForward": "feature"
     }
   }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/CodeQuality.targets b/src/VirtualClient/CodeQuality.targets
index 525795319a..d4c57b953f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/CodeQuality.targets
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/CodeQuality.targets
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="AsyncFixer" Version="1.6.0">
             <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
+            <ExcludeAssets>runtime</ExcludeAssets>
         </PackageReference>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="4.7.0">
             <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
+            <ExcludeAssets>runtime</ExcludeAssets>
         </PackageReference>
         <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.1.118">
             <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
+            <ExcludeAssets>runtime</ExcludeAssets>
         </PackageReference>
     </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/Module.props b/src/VirtualClient/Module.props
index 8c88316f0f..9e780b04e5 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/Module.props
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/Module.props
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         -->
 
         <!-- AutoFixture -->
-        <AutoFixture_PackageVersion>4.17.0</AutoFixture_PackageVersion>
+        <AutoFixture_PackageVersion>4.18.1</AutoFixture_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Azure.Identity -->
         <Azure_Identity_PackageVersion>1.11.4</Azure_Identity_PackageVersion>
@@ -35,26 +35,8 @@
         <!-- MathNet.Numerics.Signed -->
         <MathNet_Numerics_Signed_PackageVersion>5.0.0</MathNet_Numerics_Signed_PackageVersion>
 
-        <!-- Microsoft.AspNetCore -->
-        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_PackageVersion>2.2.0</Microsoft_AspNetCore_PackageVersion>
-
-        <!-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication -->
-        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_Authentication_PackageVersion>2.2.0</Microsoft_AspNetCore_Authentication_PackageVersion>
-
-        <!-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting -->
-        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_Hosting_PackageVersion>2.2.7</Microsoft_AspNetCore_Hosting_PackageVersion>
-
-        <!-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc -->
-        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_PackageVersion>2.2.0</Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_PackageVersion>
-
-        <!-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json -->
-        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_Formatters_Json_PackageVersion>2.2.0</Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_Formatters_Json_PackageVersion>
-
-        <!-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Versioning -->
-        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_Versioning_PackageVersion>5.1.0</Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_Versioning_PackageVersion>
-
         <!-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson -->
-        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_NewtonsoftJson_PackageVersion>6.0.12</Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_NewtonsoftJson_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_NewtonsoftJson_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_NewtonsoftJson_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common -->
         <Microsoft_CodeAnalysis_Common_PackageVersion>4.7.0</Microsoft_CodeAnalysis_Common_PackageVersion>
@@ -66,28 +48,28 @@
         <Microsoft_Diagnostics_Tracing_TraceEvent_PackageVersion>2.0.61</Microsoft_Diagnostics_Tracing_TraceEvent_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration -->
-        <Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_PackageVersion>8.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json -->
-        <Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_Json_PackageVersion>8.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_Json_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_Json_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_Json_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection -->
-        <Microsoft_Extensions_DependencyInjection_PackageVersion>8.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_DependencyInjection_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_Extensions_DependencyInjection_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_DependencyInjection_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging -->
-        <Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion>8.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console -->
-        <Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_Console_PackageVersion>8.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_Console_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_Console_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_Console_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk -->
-        <Microsoft_NET_Test_Sdk_PackageVersion>17.0.0</Microsoft_NET_Test_Sdk_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_NET_Test_Sdk_PackageVersion>17.11.1</Microsoft_NET_Test_Sdk_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Polly -->
-        <Microsoft_Extensions_Http_Polly_PackageVersion>6.0.9</Microsoft_Extensions_Http_Polly_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_Extensions_Http_Polly_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_Extensions_Http_Polly_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility -->
-        <Microsoft_Windows_Compatibility_PackageVersion>8.0.6</Microsoft_Windows_Compatibility_PackageVersion>
+        <Microsoft_Windows_Compatibility_PackageVersion>9.0.0</Microsoft_Windows_Compatibility_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Microsoft.Win32.Registry -->
         <Microsoft_Win32_Registry_PackageVersion>5.0.0</Microsoft_Win32_Registry_PackageVersion>
@@ -102,13 +84,10 @@
         <NUnit_PackageVersion>3.13.2</NUnit_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- NUnit3TestAdapter -->
-        <NUnit3TestAdapter_PackageVersion>4.2.1</NUnit3TestAdapter_PackageVersion>
+        <NUnit3TestAdapter_PackageVersion>4.6.0</NUnit3TestAdapter_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Polly -->
-        <Polly_PackageVersion>7.2.3</Polly_PackageVersion>
-
-        <!-- Polly.Extensions.Http -->
-        <Polly_Extensions_Http_PackageVersion>3.0.0</Polly_Extensions_Http_PackageVersion>
+        <Polly_PackageVersion>8.5.0</Polly_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- Serilog.Extensions.Logging -->
         <Serilog_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion>7.0.0</Serilog_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion>
@@ -150,7 +129,7 @@
         <System_Net_NameResolution_PackageVersion>4.3.0</System_Net_NameResolution_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- System.Reflection.Metadata -->
-        <System_Reflection_Metadata_PackageVersion>8.0.0</System_Reflection_Metadata_PackageVersion>
+        <System_Reflection_Metadata_PackageVersion>9.0.0</System_Reflection_Metadata_PackageVersion>
 
         <!-- System.Security.Principal.Windows -->
         <System_Security_Principal_Windows_PackageVersion>5.0.0</System_Security_Principal_Windows_PackageVersion>
@@ -180,6 +159,7 @@
         <GenerateAssemblyInfo>true</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
         <AssemblyVersion>1.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
         <AssemblyVersion Condition="'$(VCBuildVersion)' != ''">$(VCBuildVersion)</AssemblyVersion>
+        <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <!--
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 04c4dc2245..774d49cc32 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Actions.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>true</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Compressor7zip/Compressor7zipMetricsParserTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Compressor7zip/Compressor7zipMetricsParserTests.cs
index 5a892e6f5a..bd2cdf6550 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Compressor7zip/Compressor7zipMetricsParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Compressor7zip/Compressor7zipMetricsParserTests.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public void Setup()
         public void Compressor7zipResultsParserParsesTheExpectedSizesAndTimeFromResults()
         {
             this.testParser.Parse();
-            this.testParser.SizeAndTime.PrintDataTableFormatted();
             Assert.AreEqual(4, this.testParser.SizeAndTime.Columns.Count);
             Assert.AreEqual(7, this.testParser.SizeAndTime.Rows.Count);
         }
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/CoreMark/CoreMarkMetricsParserTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/CoreMark/CoreMarkMetricsParserTests.cs
index c6e9bdedbe..3c88e6d10e 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/CoreMark/CoreMarkMetricsParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/CoreMark/CoreMarkMetricsParserTests.cs
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ public void Setup()
             this.testParser.Parse();
         }
 
-        [Test]
-        public void CoreMarkParserViewDataTable()
-        {
-            this.testParser.CoreMarkResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public void CoreMarkParserVerifyMetricsSingleThread()
         {
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Examples/DotNetBuildOutput/AspNetBuildExample.txt b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Examples/DotNetBuildOutput/AspNetBuildExample.txt
index c574adc9d3..75133a4e7d 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Examples/DotNetBuildOutput/AspNetBuildExample.txt
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Examples/DotNetBuildOutput/AspNetBuildExample.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 /home/anyuser/vc/packages/aspnetbenchmarks/src/Benchmarks/Benchmarks.csproj : warning NU1604: Project dependency Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson does not contain an inclusive lower bound. Include a lower bound in the dependency version to ensure consistent restore results.
   Restored /home/anyuser/vc/packages/aspnetbenchmarks/src/Benchmarks/Benchmarks.csproj (in 837 ms).
 /home/anyuser/vc/packages/aspnetbenchmarks/src/Benchmarks/Benchmarks.csproj : warning NU1604: Project dependency Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson does not contain an inclusive lower bound. Include a lower bound in the dependency version to ensure consistent restore results.
-  Benchmarks -> /home/anyuser/vc/packages/aspnetbenchmarks/src/Benchmarks/bin/Release/net8.0/Benchmarks.dll
+  Benchmarks -> /home/anyuser/vc/packages/aspnetbenchmarks/src/Benchmarks/bin/Release/net9.0/Benchmarks.dll
 
 Build succeeded.
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/GeekBench/GeekBenchMetricsParserTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/GeekBench/GeekBenchMetricsParserTests.cs
index cc0d3cce52..6401818344 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/GeekBench/GeekBenchMetricsParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/GeekBench/GeekBenchMetricsParserTests.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ public void Setup()
         [Test]
         public void GeekBenchParserVerifySingleCoreResult()
         {
-            this.testParser.SingleCoreResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-
             Assert.AreEqual(5, this.testParser.SingleCoreResult.Columns.Count);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Gzip/GzipMetricsParserTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Gzip/GzipMetricsParserTests.cs
index 3392436ede..4220074549 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Gzip/GzipMetricsParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Gzip/GzipMetricsParserTests.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public void Setup()
         public void GzipResultsParserParsesTheExpectedSizesAndTimeFromResults()
         {
             this.testParser.Parse();
-            this.testParser.ReductionRatio.PrintDataTableFormatted();
             Assert.AreEqual(4, this.testParser.ReductionRatio.Columns.Count);
             Assert.AreEqual(12, this.testParser.ReductionRatio.Rows.Count);
         }
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/LAPACK/LAPACKMetricsParserTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/LAPACK/LAPACKMetricsParserTests.cs
index 7e2f9ca5b4..259cd579eb 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/LAPACK/LAPACKMetricsParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/LAPACK/LAPACKMetricsParserTests.cs
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ public void LAPACKParserVerifyResults()
         public void LAPACKParserVerifyMetrics()
         {
             IList<Metric> metrics = this.testParser.Parse();
-            this.testParser.LINSingleResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-            this.testParser.LINDoubleResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-            this.testParser.LINComplexResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-            this.testParser.LINComplexDoubleResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-            this.testParser.EIGSingleResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-            this.testParser.EIGDoubleResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-            this.testParser.EIGComplexResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
-            this.testParser.EIGComplexDoubleResult.PrintDataTableFormatted();
             MetricAssert.Exists(metrics, "compute_time_LIN_Single_Precision", 4.02, "seconds");
             MetricAssert.Exists(metrics, "compute_time_LIN_Double_Precision", 4.11, "seconds");
             MetricAssert.Exists(metrics, "compute_time_LIN_Complex", 10.5, "seconds");
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAMMetricsParserTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAMMetricsParserTests.cs
index 9c46a18d44..01cc296d4b 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAMMetricsParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAMMetricsParserTests.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public void Setup()
         public void OpenFOAMResultsParserParsesTheExpectedExecutionTimesFromResults()
         {
             this.testParser.Parse();
-            this.testParser.ExecutionTimes.PrintDataTableFormatted();
             Assert.AreEqual(4, this.testParser.ExecutionTimes.Columns.Count);
             Assert.AreEqual(313, this.testParser.ExecutionTimes.Rows.Count);
         }
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Pbzip2/Pbzip2MetricsParserTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Pbzip2/Pbzip2MetricsParserTests.cs
index 1be8fa80b5..ef4925dba3 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Pbzip2/Pbzip2MetricsParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/Pbzip2/Pbzip2MetricsParserTests.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ public void Pbzip2ResultsParserParsesTheExpectedSizesAndTimeFromResults(bool com
         {
             this.testParser = new Pbzip2MetricsParser(this.rawText, compression);
             this.testParser.Parse();
-            this.testParser.SizeAndTime.PrintDataTableFormatted();
             Assert.AreEqual(4, this.testParser.SizeAndTime.Columns.Count);
             Assert.AreEqual(25, this.testParser.SizeAndTime.Rows.Count);
         }
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests.csproj
index 89ccc3f63d..9edbd1c40f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchBaseExecutor.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchBaseExecutor.cs
index 29edf47f94..0e489dc801 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchBaseExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchBaseExecutor.cs
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ protected async Task BuildAspNetBenchAsync(EventContext telemetryContext, Cancel
             }
 
             this.dotnetExePath = this.Combine(dotnetSdkPackage.Path, this.Platform == PlatformID.Unix ? "dotnet" : "dotnet.exe");
-            // ~/vc/packages/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release -p:BenchmarksTargetFramework=net8.0
+            // ~/vc/packages/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release -p:BenchmarksTargetFramework=net9.0
             // Build the aspnetbenchmark project
             string buildArgument = $"build -c Release -p:BenchmarksTargetFramework={this.TargetFramework}";
             await this.ExecuteCommandAsync(this.dotnetExePath, buildArgument, this.aspnetBenchDirectory, telemetryContext, cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            // "C:\Users\vcvmadmin\Benchmarks\src\Benchmarks\bin\Release\net8.0\Benchmarks.dll"
+            // "C:\Users\vcvmadmin\Benchmarks\src\Benchmarks\bin\Release\net9.0\Benchmarks.dll"
             this.aspnetBenchDllPath = this.Combine(
                 this.aspnetBenchDirectory,
                 "bin",
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchExecutor.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchExecutor.cs
index 4243bf0f86..53f3ac50fd 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/ASPNET/AspNetBenchExecutor.cs
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ await this.systemManagement.MakeFileExecutableAsync(this.bombardierFilePath, thi
 
             this.dotnetExePath = this.Combine(dotnetSdkPackage.Path, this.Platform == PlatformID.Unix ? "dotnet" : "dotnet.exe");
 
-            // ~/vc/packages/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release -p:BenchmarksTargetFramework=net8.0
+            // ~/vc/packages/dotnet/dotnet build -c Release -p:BenchmarksTargetFramework=net9.0
             // Build the aspnetbenchmark project
             string buildArgument = $"build -c Release -p:BenchmarksTargetFramework={this.TargetFramework}";
             await this.ExecuteCommandAsync(this.dotnetExePath, buildArgument, this.aspnetBenchDirectory, cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            // "C:\Users\vcvmadmin\Benchmarks\src\Benchmarks\bin\Release\net8.0\Benchmarks.dll"
+            // "C:\Users\vcvmadmin\Benchmarks\src\Benchmarks\bin\Release\net9.0\Benchmarks.dll"
             this.aspnetBenchDllPath = this.Combine(
                 this.aspnetBenchDirectory, 
                 "bin", 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/FIO/FioExecutor.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/FIO/FioExecutor.cs
index f39547ebef..a48a434764 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/FIO/FioExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/FIO/FioExecutor.cs
@@ -834,8 +834,6 @@ protected virtual void CaptureMetrics(
                 this.GetMetricsParsingDirectives(out bool parseReadMetrics, out bool parseWriteMetrics, commandArguments);
 
                 string modifiedOutput = this.FilterWarnings(workloadProcess.StandardOutput.ToString());
-
-                Console.WriteLine("Modified output:\n" + modifiedOutput);
                 parser = new FioMetricsParser(modifiedOutput, parseReadMetrics, parseWriteMetrics);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfClientExecutor2.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfClientExecutor2.cs
index 8a2d14ce98..6cc5f2e06c 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfClientExecutor2.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfClientExecutor2.cs
@@ -381,8 +381,6 @@ private async Task WaitForResultsAsync(TimeSpan timeout, EventContext telemetryC
 
             while (DateTime.UtcNow < pollingTimeout && !cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
-                Console.WriteLine(this.ResultsPath);
-
                 if (fileAccess.Exists(this.ResultsPath))
                 {
                     try
@@ -390,8 +388,6 @@ private async Task WaitForResultsAsync(TimeSpan timeout, EventContext telemetryC
                         resultsContent = await this.SystemManager.FileSystem.File.ReadAllTextAsync(this.ResultsPath)
                             .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                        // Console.WriteLine(resultsContent);
-
                         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(resultsContent))
                         {
                             this.Logger.LogMessage($"{this.TypeName}.WorkloadOutputFileContents", telemetryContext
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfMetricsParser2.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfMetricsParser2.cs
index 46dc10cb31..30757b8839 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfMetricsParser2.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Network2/NetworkingWorkload2/SockPerf/SockPerfMetricsParser2.cs
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ private static List<double> GetPacketsLatency(string preprocessedText)
 
                     if (headerCount == 0 && line.Trim() != Seperator)
                     {
-                        Console.WriteLine(line);
-
                         throw new WorkloadResultsException(
                             "Results parsing operation failed. The Sockperf parser failed to parse the complete header.",
                             ErrorReason.WorkloadResultsNotFound);
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/VirtualClient.Actions.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/VirtualClient.Actions.csproj
index 04745a0304..f5b7680597 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/VirtualClient.Actions.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/VirtualClient.Actions.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Actions</AssemblyName>
         <NoWarn>SA1508;CA1416;CS4014;CA2213;IL2026</NoWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
         <!-- Global package dependency versions are defined in the Module.props for the solution. -->
         <PackageReference Include="MathNet.Numerics.Signed" Version="$(MathNet_Numerics_Signed_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="$(Microsoft_Windows_Compatibility_PackageVersion)" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Polly" Version="$(Microsoft_Extensions_Http_Polly_PackageVersion)" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests.csproj
index 70acb9d24a..5083dbde20 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Api.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/ApplicationController.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/ApplicationController.cs
index cf7c9c2a88..631c9c768c 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/ApplicationController.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/ApplicationController.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace VirtualClient.Api
     using System;
     using System.ComponentModel;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Asp.Versioning;
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
     using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/EventsController.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/EventsController.cs
index 0decb266b6..f72288f421 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/EventsController.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/EventsController.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace VirtualClient.Api
     using System.ComponentModel;
     using System.Threading;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Asp.Versioning;
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
     using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/VirtualClient.Api.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/VirtualClient.Api.csproj
index 20a17c7820..e79777b56a 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/VirtualClient.Api.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Api/VirtualClient.Api.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Api</AssemblyName>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient.Api</RootNamespace>
         <NoWarn>AD0001,SA1508</NoWarn>
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <!-- Global package dependency versions are defined in the Module.props for the solution. -->
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="$(Microsoft_AspNetCore_PackageVersion)" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication" Version="$(Microsoft_AspNetCore_Authentication_PackageVersion)" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="$(Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_PackageVersion)" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json" Version="$(Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_Formatters_Json_PackageVersion)" />
-	    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Versioning" Version="$(Microsoft_AspNetCore_Mvc_Versioning_PackageVersion)" />
+        <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Asp.Versioning.Mvc" Version="8.1.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.IO.FileSystem" Version="4.3.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Debug" Version="$(System_Diagnostics_Debug_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(Microsoft_Extensions_DependencyInjection_PackageVersion)" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests.csproj
index 989e96d020..46cf4daa3f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Common.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient.Common</RootNamespace>
 		<NoWarn>CA1001</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common/VirtualClient.Common.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common/VirtualClient.Common.csproj
index 28347fd220..a6853be2d9 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common/VirtualClient.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Common/VirtualClient.Common.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Common</AssemblyName>
         <NoWarn></NoWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <!-- Package dependency only for force updating version for severity vulnerability. -->
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="4.3.2"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1"/>
+        <!-- Global package dependency versions are defined in the Module.props for the solution. -->
         <PackageReference Include="Azure.Messaging.EventHubs" Version="$(Azure_Messaging_EventHubs_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="$(Azure_Storage_Blobs_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="$(Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_PackageVersion)" />
@@ -14,7 +19,6 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(Microsoft_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="$(Newtonsoft_Json_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Polly" Version="$(Polly_PackageVersion)" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Polly.Extensions.Http" Version="$(Polly_Extensions_Http_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(Serilog_Extensions_Logging_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="$(Serilog_Sinks_File_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.RollingFile" Version="$(Serilog_Sinks_RollingFile_PackageVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests.csproj
index 5a8c0b5fdd..a3b58ea34b 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Contracts.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/MemoryChipInfo.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/MemoryChipInfo.cs
index 0f6a0ae3df..03eb67ccd3 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/MemoryChipInfo.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/MemoryChipInfo.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public string PartNumber
         /// <summary>
         /// The memory chip capacity (in-bytes).
         /// </summary>
-        public long Capacity
+        public new long Capacity
         {
             get
             {
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/VirtualClient.Contracts.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/VirtualClient.Contracts.csproj
index 631eaac313..0b61d42e14 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/VirtualClient.Contracts.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Contracts/VirtualClient.Contracts.csproj
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Contracts</AssemblyName>
         <NoWarn>SA1117,SA1508,IL2026,IL2072</NoWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <!-- Global package dependency versions are defined in the Module.props for the solution. -->
         <PackageReference Include="MathNet.Numerics.Signed" Version="$(MathNet_Numerics_Signed_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Polly" Version="$(Microsoft_Extensions_Http_Polly_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="$(System_IO_Abstractions_PackageVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests.csproj
index 5811de875a..595ffacda6 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests/VirtualClient.Core.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/Identity/CertificateManagerTest.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/Identity/CertificateManagerTest.cs
index 6330f1150a..7b744c5231 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/Identity/CertificateManagerTest.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/Identity/CertificateManagerTest.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public async Task CertificateManagerSearchesTheExpectedDirectoryForCertificates(
                     Assert.AreEqual(expectedCertificateFile, actualCertificateFile);
                     confirmedFile = true;
                 })
-                .ReturnsAsync(certificate.RawData);
+                .ReturnsAsync(certificate.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx));
 
             // Expectation:
             // We do not need to compare the certificate properties. We just need to ensure we attempted to
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public async Task CertificateManagerHandlesDifferentIssuerAndSubjectNameFormats(
                     Assert.AreEqual(expectedCertificateFile, actualCertificateFile);
                     confirmedFile = true;
                 })
-                .ReturnsAsync(certificate.RawData);
+                .ReturnsAsync(certificate.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx));
 
             // Expectation:
             // We do not need to compare the certificate properties. We just need to ensure we attempted to
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests.csproj
index 023263e191..fe46fdef4c 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Core.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/Identity/CertificateManager.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/Identity/CertificateManager.cs
index 6577948993..e94c8d5998 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/Identity/CertificateManager.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/Identity/CertificateManager.cs
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ public async Task<X509Certificate2> GetCertificateFromPathAsync(string thumbprin
                             byte[] certificateBytes = await this.FileSystem.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(file);
                             if (certificateBytes?.Any() == true)
                             {
-                                X509Certificate2 certificateFromFile = new X509Certificate2(
+                                X509Certificate2 certificateFromFile = X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12(
                                     certificateBytes,
-                                    string.Empty.ToSecureString(),
+                                    null,
                                     X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable | X509KeyStorageFlags.PersistKeySet);
 
                                 if (certificateFromFile != null)
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ public async Task<X509Certificate2> GetCertificateFromPathAsync(string issuer, s
                             byte[] certificateBytes = await this.FileSystem.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(file);
                             if (certificateBytes?.Any() == true)
                             {
-                                X509Certificate2 certificateFromFile = new X509Certificate2(
+                                X509Certificate2 certificateFromFile = X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12(
                                     certificateBytes,
-                                    string.Empty.ToSecureString(),
+                                    string.Empty,
                                     X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable | X509KeyStorageFlags.PersistKeySet);
 
                                 if (certificateFromFile != null)
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/VirtualClient.Core.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/VirtualClient.Core.csproj
index b10f714373..dae93851fe 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/VirtualClient.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Core/VirtualClient.Core.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Core</AssemblyName>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient</RootNamespace>
         <NoWarn>CA1060,CA1416;CA2200,SA1116,SA1508</NoWarn>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <!-- Global package dependency versions are defined in the Module.props for the solution. -->
         <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="$(Azure_Identity_PackageVersion)" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" Version="$(Microsoft_AspNetCore_Hosting_PackageVersion)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing" Version="9.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting" Version="$(Microsoft_CodeAnalysis_CSharp_Scripting_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="$(Microsoft_Win32_Registry_PackageVersion)" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="$(System_Diagnostics_PerformanceCounter_PackageVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests.csproj
index 613ce4bbc6..7d2d553d2f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Dependencies.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>true</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/RedisPackageInstallation.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/RedisPackageInstallation.cs
index a2a35ce6c4..1e87c049ee 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/RedisPackageInstallation.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/RedisPackageInstallation.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 // in opensoruce to download redis from apt package manager. 
 namespace VirtualClient.Dependencies
 {
@@ -9,13 +10,9 @@ namespace VirtualClient.Dependencies
     using System.Threading;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-    using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
-    using Newtonsoft.Json;
     using Polly;
     using VirtualClient.Common;
-    using VirtualClient.Common.Contracts;
     using VirtualClient.Common.Extensions;
-    using VirtualClient.Common.Platform;
     using VirtualClient.Common.Telemetry;
     using VirtualClient.Contracts;
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/VirtualClient.Dependencies.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/VirtualClient.Dependencies.csproj
index ba4bd2d805..e904e416a8 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/VirtualClient.Dependencies.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Dependencies/VirtualClient.Dependencies.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Dependencies</AssemblyName>
         <NoWarn>SA1508</NoWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Documentation/VirtualClient.Documentation.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Documentation/VirtualClient.Documentation.csproj
index be5e0d5818..c3a2817621 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Documentation/VirtualClient.Documentation.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Documentation/VirtualClient.Documentation.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Documentation</AssemblyName>
         <NoWarn>SA1508</NoWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload.csproj
index d917a8d9b6..a1de1c6add 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>ExampleWorkload</AssemblyName>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient</RootNamespace>
         <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;linux-x64;win-arm64;linux-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/exampleworkload.nuspec b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/exampleworkload.nuspec
index 548df6e35c..cf4f62767b 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/exampleworkload.nuspec
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload/exampleworkload.nuspec
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
           which NuGet packages are created (e.g. /repo/out/tools).
         -->
         <file src="$PackagingSourceDir$\exampleworkload.vcpkg" target="." />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net8.0\win-x64\publish\**\*.*" target="win-x64" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net8.0\linux-x64\publish\**\*.*" target="linux-x64" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net8.0\win-arm64\publish\**\*.*" target="win-arm64" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net8.0\linux-arm64\publish\**\*.*" target="linux-arm64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net9.0\win-x64\publish\**\*.*" target="win-x64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net9.0\linux-x64\publish\**\*.*" target="linux-x64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net9.0\win-arm64\publish\**\*.*" target="win-arm64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.ExampleWorkload\net9.0\linux-arm64\publish\**\*.*" target="linux-arm64" />
     </files>
 </package>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Examples/VirtualClient.Examples.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Examples/VirtualClient.Examples.csproj
index 3e1a141714..99483dd6ba 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Examples/VirtualClient.Examples.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Examples/VirtualClient.Examples.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Examples</AssemblyName>
         <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;linux-x64;win-arm64;linux-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests.csproj
index db4340e4db..22c5bbd42d 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests/VirtualClient.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/ApiManager.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/ApiManager.cs
index 1a2721ab0a..a573f024c1 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/ApiManager.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/ApiManager.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace VirtualClient
     using System.Reflection;
     using System.Threading;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Asp.Versioning;
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ private void ConfigureApplication(IWebHostBuilder hostBuilder, IServiceCollectio
         {
             hostBuilder.Configure(apiService =>
             {
-                apiService.UseApiVersioning();
                 apiService.UseMiddleware<ApiExceptionMiddleware>(dependencies.GetService<ILogger>());
                 apiService.UseMvc();
             });
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/VirtualClient.Main.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/VirtualClient.Main.csproj
index de5844f72f..4cc3269d0e 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/VirtualClient.Main.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/VirtualClient.Main.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient</AssemblyName>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient</RootNamespace>
         <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;linux-x64;win-arm64;linux-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
         <NoWarn>CA1416,NU5100,NU5118,NU5128,SA1118,NU5110,NU5111,IL2026,IL2104,IL2072</NoWarn>
-        <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
         <BuildPropertyOutput>true</BuildPropertyOutput>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests.csproj
index 8f6e4b4cfb..68f32de786 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests/VirtualClient.Monitors.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
     <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/VirtualClient.Monitors.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/VirtualClient.Monitors.csproj
index 7f078e0271..27419a5c49 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/VirtualClient.Monitors.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Monitors/VirtualClient.Monitors.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.Monitors</AssemblyName>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient.Monitors</RootNamespace>
         <NoWarn>CA1416;CA2227,SA1116</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/VirtualClient.Packaging.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/VirtualClient.Packaging.csproj
index 0dfa187806..32a35f1b07 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/VirtualClient.Packaging.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/VirtualClient.Packaging.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
         <NoWarn>NU5100,NU5110,NU5111,NU5118,NU5128,NU5131</NoWarn>
     </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-arm64.sh b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-arm64.sh
index 68c1295ae9..00f50b009f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-arm64.sh
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-arm64.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 # Define variables
 PACKAGE_NAME="virtualclient"
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../../../"
-BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/ARM64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/linux-arm64/"
+BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/ARM64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/linux-arm64/"
 DEB_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/deb_arm64"
 OUT_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/"
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-x64.sh b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-x64.sh
index c300e9066f..1f9ccf415a 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-x64.sh
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-deb-linux-x64.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 # Define variables
 PACKAGE_NAME="virtualclient"
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../../../"
-BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/linux-x64/"
+BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/linux-x64/"
 DEB_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/deb_x64"
 OUT_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/"
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-arm64.sh b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-arm64.sh
index 36d13dcaed..4229315003 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-arm64.sh
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-arm64.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 # Define variables
 PACKAGE_NAME="virtualclient"
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../../../"
-BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/ARM64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/linux-arm64/"
+BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/ARM64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/linux-arm64/"
 RPM_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/rpm_arm64"
 OUT_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/"
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-x64.sh b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-x64.sh
index 62fbd48b54..b08f97230b 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-x64.sh
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/build-rpm-linux-x64.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 # Define variables
 PACKAGE_NAME="virtualclient"
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../../../"
-BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/linux-x64/"
+BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/linux-x64/"
 RPM_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/rpm_x64"
 OUT_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/out/packages/"
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-arm64.dockerfile b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-arm64.dockerfile
index 15fd951888..dc90445749 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-arm64.dockerfile
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-arm64.dockerfile
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ ARG REPO=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime
 # Ubuntu 20.04 image.
 FROM ${REPO}:5.0.9-focal-arm64v8
 
-COPY out/bin/Release/ARM64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/linux-arm64/publish/. ./VirtualClient/
\ No newline at end of file
+COPY out/bin/Release/ARM64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/linux-arm64/publish/. ./VirtualClient/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-x64.dockerfile b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-x64.dockerfile
index e3c78138f9..81d66399b0 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-x64.dockerfile
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/linux-x64.dockerfile
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ ARG REPO=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime
 # Ubuntu 20.04 image.
 FROM ${REPO}:5.0.9-focal-amd64
 
-COPY out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/linux-x64/publish/. ./VirtualClient/
\ No newline at end of file
+COPY out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/linux-x64/publish/. ./VirtualClient/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/win-x64.dockerfile b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/win-x64.dockerfile
index 95e143654f..561d8fe644 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/win-x64.dockerfile
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/dockerfiles/win-x64.dockerfile
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ ARG REPO=mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver
 # Windows nanoserver 20H2 image.
 FROM ${REPO}:ltsc2022
 
-COPY out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/win-x64/publish/ C:/VirtualClient/
\ No newline at end of file
+COPY out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/win-x64/publish/ C:/VirtualClient/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.Framework.nuspec b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.Framework.nuspec
index 43d416b9b2..8aa0ea84d1 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.Framework.nuspec
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.Framework.nuspec
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@
         <tags>Microsoft Azure VirtualClient Workload Benchmark</tags>
 
         <dependencies>
-            <group targetFramework=".net8.0">
+            <group targetFramework=".net9.0">
                 <dependency id="Azure.Identity" version="$Azure_Identity_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Azure.Messaging.EventHubs" version="$Azure_Messaging_EventHubs_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Azure.Storage.Blobs" version="$Azure_Storage_Blobs_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="MathNet.Numerics.Signed" version="$MathNet_Numerics_Signed_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
-                <dependency id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" version="$Microsoft_AspNetCore_Hosting_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting" version="$Microsoft_CodeAnalysis_CSharp_Scripting_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" version="$Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" version="$Microsoft_Extensions_DependencyInjection_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
                 <dependency id="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" version="$Microsoft_Win32_Registry_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="$Newtonsoft_Json_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Polly" version="$Polly_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
-                <dependency id="Polly.Extensions.Http" version="$Polly_Extensions_Http_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" version="$Serilog_Extensions_Logging_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Serilog.Sinks.File" version="$Serilog_Sinks_File_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Serilog.Sinks.RollingFile" version="$Serilog_Sinks_RollingFile_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
@@ -44,56 +42,56 @@
         AnyCPU
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="ref\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="ref\net9.0" />
         
         <!-- 
         win-x64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
 
 
         <!-- 
         win-arm64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
 
         <!-- 
         linux-x64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
 
         <!-- 
         linux-arm64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net8.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net8.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net8.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Contracts\net9.0\VirtualClient.Contracts.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Core\net9.0\VirtualClient.Core.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.Common\net9.0\VirtualClient.Common.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
     </files>
 </package>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.TestFramework.nuspec b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.TestFramework.nuspec
index 71af78b268..1b7e48811d 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.TestFramework.nuspec
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.TestFramework.nuspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <tags>Microsoft Azure VirtualClient Workload Benchmark</tags>
 
         <dependencies>
-            <group targetFramework=".net8.0">
+            <group targetFramework=".net9.0">
                 <dependency id="AutoFixture" version="$AutoFixture_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="Moq" version="$Moq_Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
                 <dependency id="VirtualClient.Framework" version="$Version$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
@@ -24,46 +24,46 @@
         AnyCPU
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="ref\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="ref\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="ref\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="ref\net9.0" />
         
         <!-- 
         win-x64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\win-x64\lib\net9.0" />
 
         <!-- 
         win-arm64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\win-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
 
         <!-- 
         linux-x64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-x64\lib\net9.0" />
 
         <!-- 
         linux-arm64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net8.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net8.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestFramework\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestFramework.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.dll" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\AnyCPU\VirtualClient.TestExtensions\net9.0\VirtualClient.TestExtensions.pdb" target="runtimes\linux-arm64\lib\net9.0" />
 
     </files>
 </package>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.nuspec b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.nuspec
index 401940c683..668c9d3c11 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.nuspec
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Packaging/nuspec/VirtualClient.nuspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <tags>Microsoft Azure VirtualClient Workload Benchmark</tags>
 
         <dependencies>
-            <group targetFramework=".net8.0"></group>
+            <group targetFramework=".net9.0"></group>
         </dependencies>
     </metadata>
 
@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@
         win-x64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\win-x64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\win-x64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\win-x64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\win-x64" />
 
         <!-- 
         win-arm64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
 
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\win-arm64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\win-arm64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\win-arm64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\win-arm64" />
 
         <!-- 
         linux-x64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\linux-x64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\linux-x64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\linux-x64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\linux-x64" />
 
         <!-- 
         linux-arm64
         =============================================================================================
         -->
-        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\linux-arm64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\linux-arm64" />
+        <file src="$BinConfigDir$\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\linux-arm64\**\*" exclude="**\*.pdb;*.xml" target="content\linux-arm64" />
     </files>
 </package>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/AutoFixtureExtensions.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/AutoFixtureExtensions.cs
index d65b24f42a..782856ef37 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/AutoFixtureExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/AutoFixtureExtensions.cs
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@
 
 namespace VirtualClient.TestExtensions
 {
-    using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Reflection;
-    using System.Security;
     using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
     using AutoFixture;
-    using VirtualClient.Common.Extensions;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Extension methods for <see cref="Fixture"/> instances and for general
@@ -49,7 +46,6 @@ public static Fixture SetupCertificateMocks(this Fixture fixture)
         /// <returns>
         /// A mock/test certificate.
         /// </returns>
-        [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2000:Dispose objects before losing scope", Justification = "The certificate password parameter cannot be disposed in this context.")]
         private static X509Certificate2 CreateCertificate(bool withPrivateKey = false)
         {
             X509Certificate2 certificate = null;
@@ -57,15 +53,16 @@ private static X509Certificate2 CreateCertificate(bool withPrivateKey = false)
 
             if (withPrivateKey)
             {
-                certificate = new X509Certificate2(
+                certificate = X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12(
                     File.ReadAllBytes(Path.Combine(resourcesDirectory, "test-certificate.private")),
-                    string.Empty.ToSecureString(),
+                    null,
                     X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable | X509KeyStorageFlags.PersistKeySet);
             }
             else
             {
-                certificate = new X509Certificate2(
-                    File.ReadAllBytes(Path.Combine(resourcesDirectory, "test-certificate.private")));
+                certificate = X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12(
+                    File.ReadAllBytes(Path.Combine(resourcesDirectory, "test-certificate.private")),
+                    null);
             }
 
             return certificate;
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/VirtualClient.TestExtensions.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/VirtualClient.TestExtensions.csproj
index 02c4265a67..5657943967 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/VirtualClient.TestExtensions.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestExtensions/VirtualClient.TestExtensions.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.TestExtensions</AssemblyName>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient</RootNamespace>
         <NoWarn>CA2214,CS1591,SA1508</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests.csproj
index 15a3badac0..06c1f3240f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests/VirtualClient.TestFramework.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>true</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework/VirtualClient.TestFramework.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework/VirtualClient.TestFramework.csproj
index 13dae23b67..a3898fc9e8 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework/VirtualClient.TestFramework.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.TestFramework/VirtualClient.TestFramework.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <AssemblyName>VirtualClient.TestFramework</AssemblyName>
         <RootNamespace>VirtualClient</RootNamespace>
         <NoWarn>CA2214,CS1591,SA1508</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/OptionFactoryTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/OptionFactoryTests.cs
index 2fd6b19302..349113308f 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/OptionFactoryTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/OptionFactoryTests.cs
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ private static X509Certificate2 GenerateMockCertificate()
 
                 // Use the certificate for testing, e.g., with HttpClientHandler or other scenarios.
 
-                return new X509Certificate2(certBytes, "password");
+                return X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12(certBytes, "password");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/VirtualClient.UnitTests.csproj b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/VirtualClient.UnitTests.csproj
index a02ebb3438..7cec829e32 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/VirtualClient.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/VirtualClient.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
         <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
diff --git a/website/docs/developing/0020-develop-extensions.md b/website/docs/developing/0020-develop-extensions.md
index 5da5f85792..a4dfe7e441 100644
--- a/website/docs/developing/0020-develop-extensions.md
+++ b/website/docs/developing/0020-develop-extensions.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The following example extensions repo can be used for reference to the details d
   <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <RootNamespace>CRC.VirtualClient.Extensions</RootNamespace>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ at the bottom of the [General Developer Guide](./0010-develop-guide.md) for more
 
   Note that in this scenario, we are executing the debugging scenario from Visual Studio in the extensions project. It is a good idea (for consistency) to reference a 
   "just-built" version of the Virtual Client runtime executable in many cases. This is typically done by cloning the Virtual Client platform repo, building it and referencing the 
-  VirtualClient.exe from the built output location (e.g. /\{repoDir\}/out/bin/Debug/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/VirtualClient.exe).
+  VirtualClient.exe from the built output location (e.g. /\{repoDir\}/out/bin/Debug/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/VirtualClient.exe).
 
   ``` json
   # A custom profile is created and placed on the file system somewhere (typically somewhere outside of the source directory). In this profile, the
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ at the bottom of the [General Developer Guide](./0010-develop-guide.md) for more
   e.g.
 
   # Example output directory for extensions
-  S:\one\crc-virtualclient-examples\out\bin\Release\AnyCPU\CRC.VirtualClient.Extensions.Actions\net8.0
+  S:\one\crc-virtualclient-examples\out\bin\Release\AnyCPU\CRC.VirtualClient.Extensions.Actions\net9.0
   ```
 
 **Setup Visual Studio for debugging:**
@@ -393,13 +393,13 @@ at the bottom of the [General Developer Guide](./0010-develop-guide.md) for more
      * Launch = Executable
 
      * Executable = \{PathToVirtualClientExe\}  
-       (e.g. ```S:\one\crc-air-workloads\out\bin\Debug\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\VirtualClient.exe```)
+       (e.g. ```S:\one\crc-air-workloads\out\bin\Debug\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\VirtualClient.exe```)
 
      * Application arguments = \{VirtualClientCommandLine\}   
        (e.g. `--profile=S:\one\debugging\DEBUG-EXAMPLE-WORKLOAD.json --profile=MONITORS.NONE.json --packages="https://virtualclient..."`)
 
      * Environment variables = Add the `VC_LIBRARY_PATH` variable and the path to your built extensions binaries.  
-       (e.g. `VC_LIBRARY_PATH = S:\one\crc-virtualclient-examples\out\bin\Debug\x64\CRC.VirtualClient.Extensions.Actions\net8.0`)
+       (e.g. `VC_LIBRARY_PATH = S:\one\crc-virtualclient-examples\out\bin\Debug\x64\CRC.VirtualClient.Extensions.Actions\net9.0`)
 
   4. Place a breakpoint in the code where you like (e.g. in the InitializeAsync or ExecuteAsync methods of your component).
 
diff --git a/website/docs/guides/0001-getting-started.md b/website/docs/guides/0001-getting-started.md
index ee673a7183..16d3edb8e2 100644
--- a/website/docs/guides/0001-getting-started.md
+++ b/website/docs/guides/0001-getting-started.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ programs such as 'unzip' or '7zip'.
 If preferable, the Virtual Client source code can be built on your local system. This is useful for picking up the absolute latest changes
 to the source code and for testing changes locally. Before attempting to build the Virtual Client repo, ensure the fo
 
-- [Install the .NET SDK 8.0.X](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0)
+- [Install the .NET SDK 9.0.x](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/9.0)
 - Build artifacts are output to the following locations. The 'bin' directory is where all compiled binaries/executables are output. The 'obj' directory
   will contain intermediate files used during compilation. The 'packages' directory will contain any packages that are created during build + packaging 
   processes.
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ The following section provides instructions for building on Windows systems.
 - The build process will create ready-to-run builds of the Virtual Client for all supported platforms and architectures. Virtual Client executable and binaries can be found in the repo 'out' directory in corresponding architecture/runtimes folder locations. 
 
   ```bash
-  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\linux-arm64\publish\VirtualClient
-  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\win-arm64\publish\VirtualClient.exe
-  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\linux-x64\publish\VirtualClient
-  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net8.0\win-x64\publish\VirtualClient.exe
+  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\linux-arm64\publish\VirtualClient
+  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\ARM64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\win-arm64\publish\VirtualClient.exe
+  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\linux-x64\publish\VirtualClient
+  {rootdir}\out\bin\Release\x64\VirtualClient.Main\net9.0\win-x64\publish\VirtualClient.exe
   ```
 - VirtualClient is a self-contained .NET application. The application can be run from the build output locations noted above or copied to another
   system. When simply copy the contents of the `/publish/` folder specific to the platform/architecture to the system on which you want to run. 
diff --git a/website/docs/guides/0003-getting-started-docker.md b/website/docs/guides/0003-getting-started-docker.md
index a67da7392c..8bd58b879c 100644
--- a/website/docs/guides/0003-getting-started-docker.md
+++ b/website/docs/guides/0003-getting-started-docker.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ltsc2022: Pulling from windows/nanoserver
 Digest: sha256:79fb1372fc5b3aeeca73603d5eadd0a8fb7d4f0b77bd29498696c03bb6de1fdf
 Status: Downloaded newer image for mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:ltsc2022
  ---> 0db1879370e5
-Step 3/3 : COPY out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net8.0/win-x64/publish/ C:/VirtualClient/
+Step 3/3 : COPY out/bin/Release/x64/VirtualClient.Main/net9.0/win-x64/publish/ C:/VirtualClient/
  ---> 7c2fe2466138
 Successfully built 7c2fe2466138
 Successfully tagged test-win-x64:1.0.1.3
diff --git a/website/docs/guides/0221-usage-extensions.md b/website/docs/guides/0221-usage-extensions.md
index f43477c260..01e46a4e59 100644
--- a/website/docs/guides/0221-usage-extensions.md
+++ b/website/docs/guides/0221-usage-extensions.md
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ is covered more in-depth in the `Developing Extensions` documentation noted at t
   ``` bash
   # e.g.
   # Suppose that the binaries exist in an alternate location (e.g. a build output location).
-  /home/user/repos/any.team.extensions/out/bin/Debug/x64/Any.Team.VirtualClient.Extensions/net8.0/linux-x64/publish
+  /home/user/repos/any.team.extensions/out/bin/Debug/x64/Any.Team.VirtualClient.Extensions/net9.0/linux-x64/publish
 
   # Virtual Client can be instructed to search for extensions binaries in this alternate
   # location in addition to the default 'packages' folder location.
-  ~/virtualclient.1.15.0/linux-x64$ export VC_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/repos/any.team.extensions/out/bin/Debug/x64/Any.Team.VirtualClient.Extensions/net8.0/linux-x64/publish
+  ~/virtualclient.1.15.0/linux-x64$ export VC_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/repos/any.team.extensions/out/bin/Debug/x64/Any.Team.VirtualClient.Extensions/net9.0/linux-x64/publish
   ~/virtualclient.1.15.0/linux-x64$ VirtualClient --profile=/home/user/repos/any.team.extensions/src/Any.Team.VirtualClient.Extensions/profiles/PERF-CUSTOM-WORKLOAD-1.json ...
   ```