diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 734431d2..e1f4b84e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Unit tests
     uses: ./.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
     with:
-      linux_5_9_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
       linux_5_10_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
       linux_6_0_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
       linux_6_1_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 4e560c68..7a589101 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Unit tests
     uses: ./.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
     with:
-      linux_5_9_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
       linux_5_10_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
       linux_6_0_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
       linux_6_1_arguments_override: "--explicit-target-dependency-import-check error"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 4fa1f6a3..94c61218 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ on:
     inputs:
       linux_5_9_enabled:
         type: boolean
-        description: "Boolean to enable the Linux 5.9 Swift version matrix job. Defaults to true."
-        default: true
+        description: "Boolean to enable the Linux 5.9 Swift version matrix job. Defaults to false."
+        default: false
       linux_5_9_arguments_override:
         type: string
         description: "The arguments passed to swift test in the Linux 5.9 Swift version matrix job."
diff --git a/Benchmarks/Package.swift b/Benchmarks/Package.swift
index 4301f8de..95ced820 100644
--- a/Benchmarks/Package.swift
+++ b/Benchmarks/Package.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// swift-tools-version: 5.7
+// swift-tools-version:5.10
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
 // This source file is part of the swift-kafka-client open source project
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 610ba55b..374441a4 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// swift-tools-version: 5.9
+// swift-tools-version:5.10
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
 // This source file is part of the swift-kafka-client open source project