diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab0f1d7d46..f9650fee23 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ preserve.belle
 /src/Umbraco.Web.UI/appsettings.Local.json
 
 # Tests
-cypress.env.json
-/tests/Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest/cypress/screenshots/
-/tests/Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest/cypress/support/chainable.ts
-/tests/Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest/cypress/videos/
-/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.SqlCe/DatabaseContextTests.sdf
-/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.SqlCe/[Uu]mbraco/[Dd]ata/TEMP/
 /tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/appsettings.Tests.Local.json
 /tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/TEMP/
 /tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/[Uu]mbraco/[Dd]ata/
@@ -105,9 +99,8 @@ cypress.env.json
 
 # Ignore auto-generated schema
 /src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/appsettings-schema.json
+/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/appsettings-schema.*.json
 /src/Umbraco.Web.UI/appsettings-schema.json
-/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/appsettings-schema.umbraco.json
+/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/appsettings-schema.*.json
 /tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/appsettings-schema.json
-/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/appsettings-schema.json
-/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/appsettings-schema.umbraco.json
-
+/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/appsettings-schema.*.json
diff --git a/src/JsonSchema/JsonSchema.csproj b/src/JsonSchema/JsonSchema.csproj
index 57d8370274..36463de3e0 100644
--- a/src/JsonSchema/JsonSchema.csproj
+++ b/src/JsonSchema/JsonSchema.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Remove="appsettings-schema.json" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="appsettings-schema.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/JsonSchema/appsettings-schema.json b/src/JsonSchema/appsettings-schema.json
index 0de279812c..95c9a9b4c1 100644
--- a/src/JsonSchema/appsettings-schema.json
+++ b/src/JsonSchema/appsettings-schema.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                   "type": "null"
                 },
                 {
-                  "$ref": "appsettings-schema.umbraco.json#/definitions/JsonSchemaCmsDefinition"
+                  "$ref": "appsettings-schema.Umbraco.Cms.json#/definitions/JsonSchemaCmsDefinition"
                 }
               ]
             },
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                   "type": "null"
                 },
                 {
-                  "$ref": "appsettings-schema.umbraco.forms.json#/definitions/JsonSchemaFormsDefinition"
+                  "$ref": "appsettings-schema.Umbraco.Forms.json#/definitions/JsonSchemaFormsDefinition"
                 }
               ]
             },
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                   "type": "null"
                 },
                 {
-                  "$ref": "appsettings-schema.umbraco.deploy.json#/definitions/JsonSchemaDeployDefinition"
+                  "$ref": "appsettings-schema.Umbraco.Deploy.json#/definitions/JsonSchemaDeployDefinition"
                 }
               ]
             }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets.csproj
index f1196689b9..652ab3417e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets/Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets.csproj
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.Website\Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.Website\Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.csproj
index 618a378cce..af1ecdce34 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.csproj
@@ -14,36 +14,20 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.Website\Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <JsonSchemaPath>$(ProjectDir)appsettings-schema.json</JsonSchemaPath>
-    <JsonSchemaCmsPath>$(ProjectDir)appsettings-schema.umbraco.json</JsonSchemaCmsPath>
-    <JsonSchemaProjectPath>$(ProjectDir)../JsonSchema/</JsonSchemaProjectPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="buildTransitive\**" PackagePath="buildTransitive" />
-    <Content Include="$(JsonSchemaPath)" PackagePath="." />
-    <Content Include="$(JsonSchemaCmsPath)" PackagePath="." />
+    <Content Include="$(JsonSchemaPath)" PackagePath="" />
+    <Content Include="$(JsonSchemaCmsPath)" PackagePath="" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-
-  <Target Name="JsonSchemaBuild">
-    <Exec WorkingDirectory="$(JsonSchemaProjectPath)" Command="dotnet run -c Release --mainOutputFile &quot;../Umbraco.Cms.Targets/appsettings-schema.json&quot; --cmsOutputFile &quot;../Umbraco.Cms.Targets/appsettings-schema.umbraco.json&quot;" />
-  </Target>
-
-  <!-- Generate appsettings.json schema on build (and before copying to project) -->
+  <!-- Generate appsettings-schema.json on build (and before copying to project) -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <JsonSchemaPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)appsettings-schema.json</JsonSchemaPath>
-    <JsonSchemaCmsPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)appsettings-schema.umbraco.json</JsonSchemaCmsPath>
+    <JsonSchemaCmsPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)appsettings-schema.Umbraco.Cms.json</JsonSchemaCmsPath>
     <JsonSchemaProjectPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\JsonSchema\</JsonSchemaProjectPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Target Name="GenerateAppsettingsSchema" BeforeTargets="Build;CopyAppsettingsSchema">
-    <Message Text="JsonSchemaPath: $(JsonSchemaPath)" Importance="high" />
-    <Message Text="JsonSchemaCmsPath: $(JsonSchemaCmsPath)" Importance="high" />
-
-    <Message Text="Skip JsonSchema generation because $(JsonSchemaPath) and $(JsonSchemaCmsPath) exists." Condition="Exists('$(JsonSchemaPath)') AND Exists('$(JsonSchemaCmsPath)')" />
-    <Message Text="Generate the appsettings json schema." Importance="high" Condition="!(Exists('$(JsonSchemaPath)') AND Exists('$(JsonSchemaCmsPath)'))" />
-    <CallTarget Targets="JsonSchemaBuild" Condition="!(Exists('$(JsonSchemaPath)') AND Exists('$(JsonSchemaCmsPath)'))" />
+  <Target Name="GenerateAppsettingsSchema" BeforeTargets="Build;CopyAppsettingsSchema" Condition="!Exists('$(JsonSchemaPath)') or !Exists('$(JsonSchemaCmsPath)')">
+    <Message Text="Generating appsettings-schema.json and appsettings-schema.Umbraco.Cms.json because it doesn't exist" Importance="high" />
+    <Exec WorkingDirectory="$(JsonSchemaProjectPath)" Command="dotnet run -c Release --mainOutputFile &quot;$(JsonSchemaPath)&quot; --cmsOutputFile &quot;$(JsonSchemaCmsPath)&quot;" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/buildTransitive/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.targets b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/buildTransitive/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.targets
index 03b6f90812..d33f644293 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/buildTransitive/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.targets
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Targets/buildTransitive/Umbraco.Cms.Targets.targets
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <SchemaFilePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\appsettings-schema.json</SchemaFilePath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Target Name="CopyAppsettingsSchema" BeforeTargets="Build">
     <ItemGroup>
-      <SchemaFile Include="$(SchemaFilePath)" />
+      <_SchemaFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\appsettings-schema.json" />
+      <_SchemaFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\appsettings-schema.Umbraco.Cms.json" />
     </ItemGroup>
-    <Message Text="Copying appsettings.json schema file" Importance="high" />
-    <Copy SourceFiles="@(SchemaFile)" DestinationFolder="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
+    <Message Text="Copying appsettings-schema.json and appsettings-schema.Umbraco.Cms.json files" Importance="high" />
+    <Copy SourceFiles="@(_SchemaFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="IncludeAppPluginsContent" BeforeTargets="GetCopyToOutputDirectoryItems;GetCopyToPublishDirectoryItems">
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms/Umbraco.Cms.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms/Umbraco.Cms.csproj
index 85aa303739..36b6dd133a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms/Umbraco.Cms.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms/Umbraco.Cms.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Title>Umbraco CMS</Title>
     <Description>Installs Umbraco CMS with all default dependencies in your ASP.NET Core project.</Description>
@@ -11,12 +11,5 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Cms.Imaging.ImageSharp\Umbraco.Cms.Imaging.ImageSharp.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer\Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets\Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice\Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.Website\Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Cms.ManagementApi\Umbraco.Cms.ManagementApi.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index ebcbd0dabc..23cd8be21a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageId>Umbraco.Cms.Core</PackageId>
     <Title>Umbraco CMS - Core</Title>
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="7.0.0-rc.2.*" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="6.0.0" />
     <!--   Add dependencies that we force an update to, even that we do not use them explicitly and they seems to be taken from the framework instead of from Nuget -->
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="7.0.0-rc.1.22426.10" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Update implicit dependencies to fix security issues, even though we do not use them explicitly and they are taken from the shared framework instead of NuGet -->
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Xml" Version="6.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 908e713367..e1a0831efd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@
     <RuntimeHostConfigurationOption Include="System.Globalization.AppLocalIcu" Value="68.2.0.9" Condition="$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('linux')) or $(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('win')) or ('$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == '' and !$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('osx')))" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Update="appsettings.*.json">
-      <DependentUpon>appsettings.json</DependentUpon>
-    </Content>
-    <Content Update="appsettings-schema.*.json">
-      <DependentUpon>appsettings-schema.json</DependentUpon>
-    </Content>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Razor files are needed for the backoffice to work correctly -->
     <CopyRazorGenerateFilesToPublishDirectory>true</CopyRazorGenerateFilesToPublishDirectory>
@@ -37,6 +28,15 @@
     <RazorCompileOnPublish>false</RazorCompileOnPublish>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Update="appsettings.*.json">
+      <DependentUpon>appsettings.json</DependentUpon>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Update="appsettings-schema.*.json">
+      <DependentUpon>appsettings-schema.json</DependentUpon>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <Target Name="CopyAppsettingsTemplate" BeforeTargets="Build" Condition="!Exists('appsettings.json')">
     <Message Text="Copying appsettings.template.json to appsettings.json because it doesn't exist" Importance="high" />
     <Copy SourceFiles="appsettings.template.json" DestinationFiles="appsettings.json" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/package-lock.json b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index daa5a8007f..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "Umbraco.Web.UI",
-  "lockfileVersion": 2,
-  "requires": true,
-  "packages": {}
-}
diff --git a/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj b/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
index c2234b0f1e..a71d367a7a 100644
--- a/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
+++ b/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
     <RazorCompileOnPublish>false</RazorCompileOnPublish>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Update="appsettings.*.json">
+      <DependentUpon>appsettings.json</DependentUpon>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Update="appsettings-schema.*.json">
+      <DependentUpon>appsettings-schema.json</DependentUpon>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  
   <Import Project="..\PACKAGE_PROJECT_NAME_FROM_TEMPLATE\build\PACKAGE_PROJECT_NAME_FROM_TEMPLATE.targets" Condition="'$(PackageProjectName)' != ''" />
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(PackageProjectName)' != ''">
     <ProjectReference Include="..\PACKAGE_PROJECT_NAME_FROM_TEMPLATE\PACKAGE_PROJECT_NAME_FROM_TEMPLATE.csproj" />