diff --git a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/Enums/HolochainVersionEnum.cs b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/Enums/HolochainVersionEnum.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12f92419d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/Enums/HolochainVersionEnum.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+namespace NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines the supported versions of Holochain for protocol compatibility.
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum HolochainVersion
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Legacy Holochain version (0.0.x series) - Redux protocol
+        /// </summary>
+        Redux,
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// RSM version (0.0.x series) - RSM protocol
+        /// </summary>
+        RSM,
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Latest stable Holochain version (0.5.2) - JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol
+        /// </summary>
+        Holochain_0_5_2
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/HoloNET DNA/HoloNETDNA.cs b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/HoloNET DNA/HoloNETDNA.cs
index 3724f5ecc..9fedb31a0 100644
--- a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/HoloNET DNA/HoloNETDNA.cs	
+++ b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/HoloNET DNA/HoloNETDNA.cs	
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ public LoggingMode ConsoleLoggingMode
 
         //TODO: Possibly add these as defaults (used for the Connect methods).
         //retrieveAgentPubKeyAndDnaHashMode
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The version of Holochain to use. This determines the protocol and API version for communication with the Holochain conductor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public HolochainVersion HolochainVersion { get; set; } = HolochainVersion.Holochain_0_5_2;
         //retrieveAgentPubKeyAndDnaHashFromConductor
         //retrieveAgentPubKeyAndDnaHashFromSandbox
         //automaticallyAttemptToRetrieveFromConductorIfSandBoxFails
diff --git a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client.csproj b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client.csproj
index 691d9ff83..a8a7088b6 100644
--- a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client.csproj
+++ b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-	  <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+	  <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 	  <!--<GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild>-->
 	  <!--<PackageId>NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client.Embedded</PackageId>-->
 	  <PackageId>NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Client</PackageId>
diff --git a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client.csproj b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client.csproj
index ff345db32..91cf2d22e 100644
--- a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client.csproj
+++ b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.BlazorWebAssembly">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <NoDefaultLaunchSettingsFile>true</NoDefaultLaunchSettingsFile>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="9.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/Components/Pages/Home.razor b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/Components/Pages/Home.razor
deleted file mode 100644
index 9001e0bd2..000000000
--- a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/Components/Pages/Home.razor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-@page "/"
-
-<PageTitle>Home</PageTitle>
-
-<h1>Hello, world!</h1>
-
-Welcome to your new app.
diff --git a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.csproj b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.csproj
index b7251d5f9..d73013879 100644
--- a/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.csproj
+++ b/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor/NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.csproj
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client\NextGenSoftware.Holochain.HoloNET.Templates.Blazor.Client.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server" Version="9.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>