diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ab9645..d206301 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Represents the **NuGet** versions.
 
+## v5.6.1
+- *Fixed:* The `ValueExpectations` corrected to ensure that the expected value is correctly compared against the actual value.
+
 ## v5.6.0
 - *Enhancement:* The `RunAsync` methods updated to support `ValueTask` as well as `Task` for the `TypeTester` and `GenericTester` (.NET 9+ only).
 - *Enhancement:* Added `HttpResultAssertor` for ASP.NET Minimal APIs `Results` (e.g. `Results.Ok()`, `Results.NotFound()`, etc.) to enable assertions via the `ToHttpResponseMessageAssertor`.
diff --git a/Common.targets b/Common.targets
index e2f6174..fa1c76e 100644
--- a/Common.targets
+++ b/Common.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<Version>5.6.0</Version>
+		<Version>5.6.1</Version>
 		<LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
 		<Authors>Avanade</Authors>
 		<Company>Avanade</Company>
diff --git a/src/UnitTestEx/Expectations/ValueExpectations.cs b/src/UnitTestEx/Expectations/ValueExpectations.cs
index e018e31..114e158 100644
--- a/src/UnitTestEx/Expectations/ValueExpectations.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTestEx/Expectations/ValueExpectations.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class ValueExpectations<TTester>(TesterBase owner, TTester tester) : Expe
     {
         private const string NullJson = "null";
         private Func<TTester, string>? _json;
-        private bool _expectNull;
+        private bool _expectNull = true;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override string Title => "Value expectations";
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ public class ValueExpectations<TTester>(TesterBase owner, TTester tester) : Expe
         /// Expects that the result JSON compares to the expected <paramref name="json"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="json">The expected JSON function.</param>
-        public void SetExpectJson(Func<TTester, string> json) => _json = json ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(json));
+        public void SetExpectJson(Func<TTester, string> json)
+        {
+            _json = json ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(json));
+            _expectNull = false;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Expects the the result JSON is <c>null</c>.
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ protected async override Task OnAssertAsync(AssertArgs args)
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override Task OnLastAssertAsync(AssertArgs args)
         {
-            if (!ValueMatched)
+            if (!_expectNull && !ValueMatched)
                 args.Tester.Implementor.AssertFail($"Expected value; however, none was returned.");
 
             return Task.CompletedTask;
diff --git a/src/UnitTestEx/TestSetUp.cs b/src/UnitTestEx/TestSetUp.cs
index de0701c..3046a27 100644
--- a/src/UnitTestEx/TestSetUp.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTestEx/TestSetUp.cs
@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@ public static IConfiguration GetConfiguration(string? environmentVariablePrefix
         /// <param name="implementor">The <see cref="TestFrameworkImplementor"/>.</param>
         public static void LogAutoSetUpOutputs(TestFrameworkImplementor implementor)
         {
+            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+
             // Top-level test dividing line!
             implementor.WriteLine("");
             implementor.WriteLine(new string('=', 80));
-            implementor.WriteLine($"Timestamp: {DateTime.UtcNow} (UTC).");
+            implementor.WriteLine($"Timestamp: {now.ToLocalTime()} (local) / {now} (UTC).");
 
             // Output any previously registered auto set up outputs.
             var output = GetAutoSetUpOutput();