diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 80599d2..210ed6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET Core
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 8.x
+        dotnet-version: 9.x
 
     - name: Set Variables
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9e68455..7b46613 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET Core
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 8.x
+        dotnet-version: 9.x
 
     - name: Set Variables
       run: |
diff --git a/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6.csproj b/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6.csproj
index 5ce3bd6..0b696fa 100644
--- a/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6.csproj
+++ b/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-	<TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+	<TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>AutoMapper.AspNet.OData</RootNamespace>
     <PackageId>AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EF6</PackageId>
     <Description>Creates LINQ expressions from ODataQueryOptions and executes the query.</Description>
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper.Extensions.ExpressionMapping" Version="[6.0.4,7.0.0)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="EntityFramework" Version="6.4.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="LogicBuilder.Expressions.Utils" Version="[6.0.3,7.0.0)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData" Version="8.2.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="4.3.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="EntityFramework" Version="6.5.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LogicBuilder.Expressions.Utils" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData" Version="9.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="6.0.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.6" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="4.7.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="9.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore.csproj b/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore.csproj
index 999a362..58c775a 100644
--- a/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore.csproj
+++ b/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore/AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-	<TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+	<TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>AutoMapper.AspNet.OData</RootNamespace>
     <PackageId>AutoMapper.AspNetCore.OData.EFCore</PackageId>
     <Description>Creates LINQ expressions from ODataQueryOptions and executes the query.</Description>
@@ -29,25 +29,21 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper.Extensions.ExpressionMapping" Version="[7.0.2,8.0.0)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="LogicBuilder.Expressions.Utils" Version="[6.0.3,7.0.0)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData" Version="8.2.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="4.3.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="LogicBuilder.Expressions.Utils" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData" Version="9.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="6.0.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0' ">
-	  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="6.0.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-	<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0' ">
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.0" />
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0' ">
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.11" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
-	<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0' ">
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.2" />
+	<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net9.0' ">
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.0" />
 	</ItemGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests.csproj b/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests.csproj
index 3e1a2cc..904cf66 100644
--- a/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests.csproj
+++ b/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EF6.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.7">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests.csproj b/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests.csproj
index 32d52ee..b595d35 100644
--- a/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests.csproj
+++ b/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests/AutoMapper.OData.EFCore.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.7">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/DAL.EF6/DAL.EF6.csproj b/DAL.EF6/DAL.EF6.csproj
index 3124ff7..8183edc 100644
--- a/DAL.EF6/DAL.EF6.csproj
+++ b/DAL.EF6/DAL.EF6.csproj
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="EntityFramework" Version="6.4.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.6" />
+    <PackageReference Include="EntityFramework" Version="6.5.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.9.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/DAL.EFCore/DAL.EFCore.csproj b/DAL.EFCore/DAL.EFCore.csproj
index 58729ad..69f8e47 100644
--- a/DAL.EFCore/DAL.EFCore.csproj
+++ b/DAL.EFCore/DAL.EFCore.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0' ">
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0' ">
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.2" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.11" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net9.0' ">
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.0" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/ExpressionBuilder.Tests/ExpressionBuilder.Tests.csproj b/ExpressionBuilder.Tests/ExpressionBuilder.Tests.csproj
index 78045b6..4d3f7f2 100644
--- a/ExpressionBuilder.Tests/ExpressionBuilder.Tests.csproj
+++ b/ExpressionBuilder.Tests/ExpressionBuilder.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.7">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/MigrationTool/MigrationTool.csproj b/MigrationTool/MigrationTool.csproj
index e6006d6..e1b333c 100644
--- a/MigrationTool/MigrationTool.csproj
+++ b/MigrationTool/MigrationTool.csproj
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-		<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+		<TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.2">
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.0">
 			<PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
 			<IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
 		</PackageReference>
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.2" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="6.35.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect" Version="6.35.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="8.2.1" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect" Version="8.2.1" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/SeedDatabase/SeedDatabase.csproj b/SeedDatabase/SeedDatabase.csproj
index 1ad4e50..6452e58 100644
--- a/SeedDatabase/SeedDatabase.csproj
+++ b/SeedDatabase/SeedDatabase.csproj
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-		<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+		<TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.2" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions" Version="8.0.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="8.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions" Version="9.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="9.0.0" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Web.Tests/Web.Tests.csproj b/Web.Tests/Web.Tests.csproj
index 6621d0a..b8b2ebe 100644
--- a/Web.Tests/Web.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Web.Tests/Web.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.7">
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/WebAPI.OData.EF6/WebAPI.OData.EF6.csproj b/WebAPI.OData.EF6/WebAPI.OData.EF6.csproj
index 1bad96c..79001ee 100644
--- a/WebAPI.OData.EF6/WebAPI.OData.EF6.csproj
+++ b/WebAPI.OData.EF6/WebAPI.OData.EF6.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/WebAPI.OData.EFCore.csproj b/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/WebAPI.OData.EFCore.csproj
index e103a20..922bd36 100644
--- a/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/WebAPI.OData.EFCore.csproj
+++ b/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/WebAPI.OData.EFCore.csproj
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+		<TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="6.0.2" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="6.0.2" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design" Version="6.0.2" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design" Version="9.0.0" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/appsettings.json b/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/appsettings.json
index 0e2340a..dc91c7b 100644
--- a/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/appsettings.json
+++ b/WebAPI.OData.EFCore/appsettings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": "Server=.\\SQL2016;Database=YourDB;Trusted_Connection=True;"
+    "DefaultConnection": "Server=.\\SQL2016;Database=YourDB;Trusted_Connection=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;"
   },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {