diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 855f0ec..e51e462 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 9.0.0
+* Updated SqlClient to 6.1.1 and removed Azure.Identity workaround for issue #624
+* Updated all dependencies except .NET 9 NuGets
+
 # 8.2.2
 * Fixed issue #624: Enforce new version of transient dependency to fix vulnerability and avoid nuget.org version de-listing until SqlClient 6.1 is released.
 
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index f850608..1b69a1a 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -3,23 +3,22 @@
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.14.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.15.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="8.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.2.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="6.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client" Version="4.73.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="3.2.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Dapper.StrongName" Version="2.1.35" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="8.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Dapper.StrongName" Version="2.1.66" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog" Version="4.1.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="8.0.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj b/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj
index 06fcc9e..b9e58c0 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>A Serilog sink that writes events to Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL</Description>
-    <VersionPrefix>8.2.3</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>9.0.0</VersionPrefix>
     <EnablePackageValidation>true</EnablePackageValidation>
     <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>8.0.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <Authors>Michiel van Oudheusden;Christian Kadluba;Serilog Contributors</Authors>
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog" />
   </ItemGroup>