diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66532cc..b9c7a0d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ bld/
 [Bb]in/
 [Oo]bj/
 [Ll]og/
+[Bb]uildOutput/
 
 # Visual Studio 2015/2017 cache/options directory
 .vs/
diff --git a/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props b/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props
index 863a97f..047db9e 100644
--- a/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props
+++ b/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- Some items may be set in Directory.Build.props in root -->
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.22621.48</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>
+    <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.26100.42</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>
     <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.22621.0</TargetFramework>
     <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.19041.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>10.0.19041.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.2.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <!-- this may need to be removed on future CsWinRT upgrades-->
   <Target Name="RemoveCsWinRTPackageAnalyzer" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile">
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/GitHubExtension.Test/GitHubExtension.Test.csproj b/GitHubExtension.Test/GitHubExtension.Test.csproj
index 851aee8..e3783f6 100644
--- a/GitHubExtension.Test/GitHubExtension.Test.csproj
+++ b/GitHubExtension.Test/GitHubExtension.Test.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
     <ProjectPriFileName>resources.pri</ProjectPriFileName>
+    <WindowsAppSdkDeploymentManagerInitialize>false</WindowsAppSdkDeploymentManagerInitialize>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="10.0.9" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="3.0.2" />
diff --git a/GitHubExtension/GitHubExtension.csproj b/GitHubExtension/GitHubExtension.csproj
index bec7b3e..0684361 100644
--- a/GitHubExtension/GitHubExtension.csproj
+++ b/GitHubExtension/GitHubExtension.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <GenerateTestArtifacts>True</GenerateTestArtifacts>
     <HoursBetweenUpdateChecks>0</HoursBetweenUpdateChecks>
     <GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>True</GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>
+    <WindowsAppSdkDeploymentManagerInitialize>false</WindowsAppSdkDeploymentManagerInitialize>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@
       <PackageReference Include="MessageFormat" Version="6.0.2" />
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions" Version="0.1.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.1" />
-      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0" />
-      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.6.241114003" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="10.0.9" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="2.2.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
       <PackageReference Include="Octokit" Version="10.0.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.0.1" />
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Debug" Version="2.0.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="5.0.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Shmuelie.WinRTServer" Version="2.1.1" />
-      <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>