diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 38c33c23c..333adeddf 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- Pre-1.0: keep version honest in UI and assembly metadata -->
-    <Version>0.1.0</Version>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Pre-1.0: keep version honest in UI and assembly metadata -->
+    <Version>0.1.0</Version>
     <AssemblyVersion>0.1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <FileVersion>0.1.0.0</FileVersion>
     <InformationalVersion>0.1.0</InformationalVersion>
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     <!-- Null Safety: Enable across all projects -->
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     
-    <!-- Analysis Settings -->
-    <EnableNETAnalyzers>true</EnableNETAnalyzers>
-    <AnalysisLevel>latest</AnalysisLevel>
-    <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);**\artifacts\**</DefaultItemExcludes>
+    <!-- Analysis Settings -->
+    <EnableNETAnalyzers>true</EnableNETAnalyzers>
+    <AnalysisLevel>latest</AnalysisLevel>
+    <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);**\artifacts\**</DefaultItemExcludes>
     
     <!-- 
       Note: Null warnings (CS8600-CS8609) are enabled but NOT treated as errors.
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.App/WindowsOptimizer.App.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.App/WindowsOptimizer.App.csproj
index 92e7e1f55..86b6b8bd5 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.App/WindowsOptimizer.App.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.App/WindowsOptimizer.App.csproj
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
     <!-- Quantum Optimizations -->
     <!-- NOTE: ReadyToRun publish can fail on duplicate simple-name inputs (e.g., Dia2Lib.dll). -->
     <PublishReadyToRun>false</PublishReadyToRun>
-    <!-- Publishing settings: keep distribution deterministic and only used by publish step -->
-    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
-    <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>
-    <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>false</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>
-    <!-- Ensure build outputs are produced to bin/ during development.
-         Distribution packaging must use the scripts/publish_release.ps1 script which writes to /publish_final/. -->
+    <!-- Publishing settings: keep distribution deterministic and only used by publish step -->
+    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+    <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>
+    <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>false</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>
+    <!-- Ensure build outputs are produced to bin/ during development.
+         Distribution packaging must use the scripts/publish_release.ps1 script which writes to /publish_final/. -->
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -26,28 +26,28 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="LibreHardwareMonitorLib" Version="0.9.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf" Version="1.1.77" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LibreHardwareMonitorLib" Version="0.9.6" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf" Version="1.1.142" />
     <PackageReference Include="Hardcodet.NotifyIcon.Wpf" Version="1.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="TaskScheduler" Version="2.11.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="8.0.25" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="TaskScheduler" Version="2.12.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Resource Include="Resources\tray-icon.ico" Condition="Exists('Resources\tray-icon.ico')" />
-    <Resource Include="Resources\Icons\**\*.png" />
-    <Resource Include="Assets\Icons\**\*.png" />
-    <Resource Include="Resources\Fonts\*.ttf" />
-    <!-- Hardware DB JSONs are large generated artifacts. They are copied only when present; prefer rule-based matching in source.
-         These files are allowed to be removed during cleanup. -->
-    <Content Include="Assets\HardwareDb\*.json">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-    <Content Include="Resources\Fonts\*-OFL.txt">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Resource Include="Resources\tray-icon.ico" Condition="Exists('Resources\tray-icon.ico')" />
+    <Resource Include="Resources\Icons\**\*.png" />
+    <Resource Include="Assets\Icons\**\*.png" />
+    <Resource Include="Resources\Fonts\*.ttf" />
+    <!-- Hardware DB JSONs are large generated artifacts. They are copied only when present; prefer rule-based matching in source.
+         These files are allowed to be removed during cleanup. -->
+    <Content Include="Assets\HardwareDb\*.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Include="Resources\Fonts\*-OFL.txt">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\\WindowsOptimizer.Core\\WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj" />
@@ -57,38 +57,38 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\\WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools\\WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools.csproj" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Target Name="CopyElevatedHostAfterBuild" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != ''">$(RuntimeIdentifier)</ElevatedHostRid>
-      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(ElevatedHostRid)' == ''">win-x64</ElevatedHostRid>
-
-      <ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\\..\\WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost\\bin\\$(Configuration)\\$(TargetFramework)\\</ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)$(ElevatedHostRid)\\</ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="Exists('$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)')">$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="'$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)' == ''">$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostDestinationDir>$(TargetDir)ElevatedHost\\</ElevatedHostDestinationDir>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <ElevatedHostFilesAfterBuild Include="$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)**\\*.*" />
-    </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="CopyElevatedHostAfterBuild" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != ''">$(RuntimeIdentifier)</ElevatedHostRid>
+      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(ElevatedHostRid)' == ''">win-x64</ElevatedHostRid>
+
+      <ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\\..\\WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost\\bin\\$(Configuration)\\$(TargetFramework)\\</ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)$(ElevatedHostRid)\\</ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="Exists('$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)')">$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="'$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)' == ''">$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostDestinationDir>$(TargetDir)ElevatedHost\\</ElevatedHostDestinationDir>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <ElevatedHostFilesAfterBuild Include="$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)**\\*.*" />
+    </ItemGroup>
 
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(ElevatedHostFilesAfterBuild)" DestinationFiles="@(ElevatedHostFilesAfterBuild->'$(ElevatedHostDestinationDir)%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="CopyElevatedHostAfterPublish" AfterTargets="Publish" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != ''">$(RuntimeIdentifier)</ElevatedHostRid>
-      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(ElevatedHostRid)' == ''">win-x64</ElevatedHostRid>
-
-      <ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\\..\\WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost\\bin\\$(Configuration)\\$(TargetFramework)\\</ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)$(ElevatedHostRid)\\</ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="Exists('$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)')">$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="'$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)' == ''">$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
-      <ElevatedHostDestinationDir>$(PublishDir)ElevatedHost\\</ElevatedHostDestinationDir>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <ElevatedHostFilesAfterPublish Include="$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)**\\*.*" />
-    </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="CopyElevatedHostAfterPublish" AfterTargets="Publish" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != ''">$(RuntimeIdentifier)</ElevatedHostRid>
+      <ElevatedHostRid Condition="'$(ElevatedHostRid)' == ''">win-x64</ElevatedHostRid>
+
+      <ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\\..\\WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost\\bin\\$(Configuration)\\$(TargetFramework)\\</ElevatedHostRootOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)$(ElevatedHostRid)\\</ElevatedHostRidOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="Exists('$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)')">$(ElevatedHostRidOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostOutputDir Condition="'$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)' == ''">$(ElevatedHostRootOutputDir)</ElevatedHostOutputDir>
+      <ElevatedHostDestinationDir>$(PublishDir)ElevatedHost\\</ElevatedHostDestinationDir>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <ElevatedHostFilesAfterPublish Include="$(ElevatedHostOutputDir)**\\*.*" />
+    </ItemGroup>
 
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(ElevatedHostFilesAfterPublish)" DestinationFiles="@(ElevatedHostFilesAfterPublish->'$(ElevatedHostDestinationDir)%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
   </Target>
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.CLI/WindowsOptimizer.CLI.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.CLI/WindowsOptimizer.CLI.csproj
index 927b91ea2..875633588 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.CLI/WindowsOptimizer.CLI.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.CLI/WindowsOptimizer.CLI.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.CommandLine" Version="2.0.0-beta4.22272.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.CommandLine" Version="2.0.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.Core/WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.Core/WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj
index 288312058..ec4878c6c 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.Core/WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.Core/WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="NLua" Version="1.7.6" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLua" Version="1.7.8" />
     <PackageReference Include="pythonnet" Version="3.0.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost.csproj
index 18d9512b3..7efb3d91c 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost/WindowsOptimizer.ElevatedHost.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
          properties (SelfContained/RuntimeIdentifier/etc.) to avoid
          NETSDK1151 errors. -->
   </PropertyGroup>
-
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\\WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure\\WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="8.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-</Project>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.Engine/WindowsOptimizer.Engine.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.Engine/WindowsOptimizer.Engine.csproj
index 7e8704086..3c0668ef7 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.Engine/WindowsOptimizer.Engine.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.Engine/WindowsOptimizer.Engine.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
-    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
-    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\\WindowsOptimizer.Core\\WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\\WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure\\WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure.csproj" />
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure.csproj
index 43670f3cb..fe21b0965 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure/WindowsOptimizer.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\\WindowsOptimizer.Core\\WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="8.0.5" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent" Version="3.1.7" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="8.0.25" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent" Version="3.1.30" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Management" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Management" Version="10.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="8.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="LibreHardwareMonitorLib" Version="0.9.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="LibreHardwareMonitorLib" Version="0.9.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="NLua" Version="1.7.8" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Hardware\\hardware-seed.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools.csproj
index f7f8ae66d..7f075a8a1 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools/WindowsOptimizer.Plugins.DevTools.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="NLua" Version="1.7.8" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\WindowsOptimizer.Core\WindowsOptimizer.Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/WindowsOptimizer.Tests/WindowsOptimizer.Tests.csproj b/WindowsOptimizer.Tests/WindowsOptimizer.Tests.csproj
index 0bf1d4b2b..3293551a6 100644
--- a/WindowsOptimizer.Tests/WindowsOptimizer.Tests.csproj
+++ b/WindowsOptimizer.Tests/WindowsOptimizer.Tests.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>