diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 348c66a2bf10d..1eded29c3d1a2 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "21.7", dev_dependency = True, repo_name
 # Required for rules_rust to import the crates properly
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9", dev_dependency = True)
 
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_dotnet", version = "0.15.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_dotnet", version = "0.16.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "7.11.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.3")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_nodejs", version = "6.2.0")
diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/BUILD.bazel b/dotnet/src/webdriver/BUILD.bazel
index 1f23755fa1025..afcdd0785bae4 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/BUILD.bazel
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ csharp_library(
         framework("nuget", "Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces"),
         framework("nuget", "System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions"),
         framework("nuget", "System.Memory"),
+        framework("nuget", "System.Text.Encodings.Web"),
         framework("nuget", "System.Text.Json"),
     ],
 )
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ csharp_library(
         framework("nuget", "Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces"),
         framework("nuget", "System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions"),
         framework("nuget", "System.Memory"),
+        framework("nuget", "System.Text.Encodings.Web"),
         framework("nuget", "System.Text.Json"),
     ],
 )
diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/SeleniumManager.cs b/dotnet/src/webdriver/SeleniumManager.cs
index 5e365ede075b6..d57b13f278180 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/SeleniumManager.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/SeleniumManager.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
-using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace OpenQA.Selenium
 {
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public static class SeleniumManager
 
         private static readonly string BinaryFullPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SE_MANAGER_PATH");
 
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions _serializerOptions = new() { PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true, TypeInfoResolver = SeleniumManagerSerializerContext.Default };
+
         static SeleniumManager()
         {
 
@@ -86,10 +88,12 @@ public static Dictionary<string, string> BinaryPaths(string arguments)
                 argsBuilder.Append(" --debug");
             }
 
-            var output = RunCommand(BinaryFullPath, argsBuilder.ToString());
-            Dictionary<string, string> binaryPaths = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-            binaryPaths.Add("browser_path", (string)output["browser_path"]);
-            binaryPaths.Add("driver_path", (string)output["driver_path"]);
+            var smCommandResult = RunCommand(BinaryFullPath, argsBuilder.ToString());
+            Dictionary<string, string> binaryPaths = new()
+            {
+                { "browser_path", smCommandResult.BrowserPath },
+                { "driver_path", smCommandResult.DriverPath }
+            };
 
             if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogEventLevel.Trace))
             {
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ public static Dictionary<string, string> BinaryPaths(string arguments)
         /// <returns>
         /// the standard output of the execution.
         /// </returns>
-        private static JsonNode RunCommand(string fileName, string arguments)
+        private static SeleniumManagerResponse.ResultResponse RunCommand(string fileName, string arguments)
         {
             Process process = new Process();
             process.StartInfo.FileName = BinaryFullPath;
@@ -174,47 +178,76 @@ private static JsonNode RunCommand(string fileName, string arguments)
             }
 
             string output = outputBuilder.ToString().Trim();
-            JsonNode resultJsonNode;
+
+            SeleniumManagerResponse jsonResponse;
+
             try
             {
-                var deserializedOutput = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, JsonNode>>(output);
-                resultJsonNode = deserializedOutput["result"];
+                jsonResponse = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SeleniumManagerResponse>(output, _serializerOptions);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 throw new WebDriverException($"Error deserializing Selenium Manager's response: {output}", ex);
             }
 
-            if (resultJsonNode["logs"] is not null)
+            if (jsonResponse.Logs is not null)
             {
-                var logs = resultJsonNode["logs"];
-                foreach (var entry in logs.AsArray())
+                foreach (var entry in jsonResponse.Logs)
                 {
-                    switch (entry.GetPropertyName())
+                    switch (entry.Level)
                     {
                         case "WARN":
                             if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogEventLevel.Warn))
                             {
-                                _logger.Warn(entry.GetValue<string>());
+                                _logger.Warn(entry.Message);
                             }
                             break;
                         case "DEBUG":
                             if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogEventLevel.Debug))
                             {
-                                _logger.Debug(entry.GetValue<string>());
+                                _logger.Debug(entry.Message);
                             }
                             break;
                         case "INFO":
                             if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogEventLevel.Info))
                             {
-                                _logger.Info(entry.GetValue<string>());
+                                _logger.Info(entry.Message);
                             }
                             break;
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            return resultJsonNode;
+            return jsonResponse.Result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal class SeleniumManagerResponse
+    {
+        public IReadOnlyList<LogEntryResponse> Logs { get; set; }
+
+        public ResultResponse Result { get; set; }
+
+        public class LogEntryResponse
+        {
+            public string Level { get; set; }
+
+            public string Message { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        public class ResultResponse
+        {
+            [JsonPropertyName("driver_path")]
+            public string DriverPath { get; set; }
+
+            [JsonPropertyName("browser_path")]
+            public string BrowserPath { get; set; }
         }
     }
+
+    [JsonSerializable(typeof(SeleniumManagerResponse))]
+    internal partial class SeleniumManagerSerializerContext : JsonSerializerContext
+    {
+
+    }
 }