diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer.csproj
index 43b5c89848..04e711f8d9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.SqlServer.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
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   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite.csproj
index d5f513b5cd..92eb79375f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.Sqlite.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
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     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="7.0.13" />
+
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
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 451ee7a7b7..3282f2622d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.EFCore.csproj
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj
index f82fd15ee0..645e42d666 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite/Umbraco.Cms.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="7.0.13" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index bbabfc74e9..83491bbe6c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -17,18 +17,6 @@
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     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.DataAnnotations" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.*" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.*" />
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   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj
index 9b75b889be..58c02da503 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Umbraco.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="8.0.0-rc.2.*" />
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     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Enrichers.Process" Version="2.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Enrichers.Thread" Version="3.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Expressions" Version="3.4.1" />
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-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Formatting.Compact.Reader" Version="2.0.0" />
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     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Async" Version="1.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="5.0.0" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache.csproj b/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache.csproj
index 4ceef9469e..a61eba6c79 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache/Umbraco.PublishedCache.NuCache.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
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     <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.5.129" />
     <PackageReference Include="Umbraco.CSharpTest.Net.Collections" Version="15.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="K4os.Compression.LZ4" Version="1.3.6" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj
index 91f55470ab..a64d0d2408 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
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     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="7.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="5.0.0" />
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   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj
index b4f2571df3..dc0d0dc6fa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Umbraco.Web.Common.csproj
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
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-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation" Version="7.0.13" />
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 1a1f224046..347238afda 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -17,15 +17,7 @@
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-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="7.0.13">
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-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
+ </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Razor files are needed for the backoffice to work correctly -->
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj
index c917f0d120..3d79aa6295 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Tests.Integration.csproj
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
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diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj
index fa49f32f16..8432428bab 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.csproj
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