diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 7ad786bc6..37473b327 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="$(EFCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MySqlConnector" Version="2.4.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MySqlConnector.DependencyInjection" Version="2.4.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="NetTopologySuite" Version="2.5.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="NetTopologySuite" Version="2.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Castle.Core" Version="5.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.7" />
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="$(EFCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="$(EFCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="GitHubActionsTestLogger" Version="2.4.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.SkippableFact" Version="1.4.13" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.SkippableFact" Version="1.5.23" />
     <!-- Keep at the same level that the EF Core projects use. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.9.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.core" Version="2.9.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.console" Version="2.9.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.9.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.core" Version="2.9.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.console" Version="2.9.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DotNetAnalyzers.DocumentationAnalyzers" Version="1.0.0-beta.59" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.1.118" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <!-- Needed when using EFCore.Design assembly from local EF Core repository. -->
diff --git a/src/EFCore.MySql.NTS/EFCore.MySql.NTS.csproj b/src/EFCore.MySql.NTS/EFCore.MySql.NTS.csproj
index 40ebaaa79..3859a98ae 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.MySql.NTS/EFCore.MySql.NTS.csproj
+++ b/src/EFCore.MySql.NTS/EFCore.MySql.NTS.csproj
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="docs\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\"/>
+    <None Include="docs\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>