diff --git a/src/DotnetCodingContextMCP/DotnetCodingContextMCP.csproj b/src/DotnetCodingContextMCP/DotnetCodingContextMCP.csproj
index ca9e6b5..5efc620 100644
--- a/src/DotnetCodingContextMCP/DotnetCodingContextMCP.csproj
+++ b/src/DotnetCodingContextMCP/DotnetCodingContextMCP.csproj
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
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