diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 69633196fb..e60b2c718a 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Dazinator.Extensions.FileProviders" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Examine" Version="3.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Examine.Core" Version="3.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="HtmlAgilityPack" Version="1.11.65" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="HtmlAgilityPack" Version="1.11.66" />
     <PackageVersion Include="JsonPatch.Net" Version="3.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="K4os.Compression.LZ4" Version="1.3.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MailKit" Version="4.7.1.1" />
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Map" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="3.1.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp.Web" Version="3.1.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.7.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.8.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <!-- Transitive pinned versions (only required because our direct dependencies have vulnerable versions of transitive dependencies) -->
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
     <!-- Both Dazinator.Extensions.FileProviders and MiniProfiler.AspNetCore.Mvc bring in a vulnerable version of System.Text.RegularExpressions -->
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
     <!-- Both OpenIddict.AspNetCore, Npoco.SqlServer and Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer bring in a vulnerable version of Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="8.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="8.1.0" />
+    <!-- Both  Azure.Identity, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer, Dazinator.Extensions.FileProviders bring in legacy versions of System.Text.Encodings.Web  -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="8.0.0" />
+
+    <!-- NPoco.SqlServer bring in vulnerable version of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient  -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.2.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery.csproj
index 5e32b81eeb..cc71f1e755 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.Common\Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- TODO: Fix all warnings and remove this override -->
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleTo">
       <_Parameter1>Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests</_Parameter1>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.csproj
index d5fc7229b0..3c489dbb10 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.csproj
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@
           and remove this override -->
     <WarningsNotAsErrors>IDE0270,CS0108,CS1998</WarningsNotAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup> 
-    <!-- Take top-level depedendency on Azure.Identity, because Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer depends on a vulnerable version -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenIddict.EntityFrameworkCore" />
+
+    <!-- Take top-level depedendency on Azure.Identity, because Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer depends on a vulnerable version -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" />
+
+    <!-- Both  Azure.Identity, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer, Dazinator.Extensions.FileProviders bring in legacy versions of System.Text.Encodings.Web  -->
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer.csproj
index 1061c89526..52076f4562 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.SqlServer.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 
     <!-- Both OpenIddict.AspNetCore, Npoco.SqlServer and Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer bring in a vulnerable version of Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens"/>
+
+    <!-- Both  Azure.Identity, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer, Dazinator.Extensions.FileProviders bring in legacy versions of System.Text.Encodings.Web  -->
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web"/>
+
+    <!-- NPoco.SqlServer bring in vulnerable version of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient  -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Migrations/Upgrade/V_14_0_0/AddGuidsToUserGroups.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Migrations/Upgrade/V_14_0_0/AddGuidsToUserGroups.cs
index 67bdaf7395..461ed59c8e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Migrations/Upgrade/V_14_0_0/AddGuidsToUserGroups.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Migrations/Upgrade/V_14_0_0/AddGuidsToUserGroups.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class AddGuidsToUserGroups : UnscopedMigrationBase
         // If the new column already exists we'll do nothing.
         if (ColumnExists(Constants.DatabaseSchema.Tables.UserGroup, NewColumnName))
         {
+            Context.Complete();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -31,10 +32,12 @@ public class AddGuidsToUserGroups : UnscopedMigrationBase
         if (DatabaseType != DatabaseType.SQLite)
         {
             MigrateSqlServer();
+            Context.Complete();
             return;
         }
 
         MigrateSqlite();
+        Context.Complete();
     }
 
     private void MigrateSqlServer()
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj
index cca5a43954..ae2bb048d4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Async" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Map" />
+
+    <!-- Take top-level depedendency on System.Text.RegularExpressions, because both Dazinator.Extensions.FileProviders and MiniProfiler.AspNetCore.Mvc depend on a vulnerable version -->
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache.csproj b/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache.csproj
index 6068233712..c37535f762 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.HybridCache.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
     <!-- TODO: Enable package validation in v16 by removing this line -->
     <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- TODO: Fix all warnings and remove this override -->
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid" />
     <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj
index 2da3121a5f..a99893accc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" />
     <!-- Both OpenIddict.AspNetCore, Npoco.SqlServer and Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer bring in a vulnerable version of Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens"/>
+    <!-- Both  Azure.Identity, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer, Dazinator.Extensions.FileProviders bring in legacy versions of System.Text.Encodings.Web  -->
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj
index 0e8d475725..76d800e74d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Umbraco.Web.Website.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     and remove override -->
     <WarningsNotAsErrors>ASP0019,CS0618,SA1401,SA1649,IDE0270,IDE1006</WarningsNotAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- TODO: Fix all warnings and remove this override -->
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Umbraco.Web.Common\Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index a155d77245..36cd9614b6 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/main/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
   "version": "15.0.0-rc1",
-  "version": "14.4.0-rc",
   "assemblyVersion": {
     "precision": "build"
   },