diff --git a/Data/BinaryData/DataStorage/datastorage-netcore5.vbproj b/Data/BinaryData/DataStorage/datastorage-netcore5.vbproj
index 0632b2c468..1695d50525 100644
--- a/Data/BinaryData/DataStorage/datastorage-netcore5.vbproj
+++ b/Data/BinaryData/DataStorage/datastorage-netcore5.vbproj
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Data/GraphQuery/GraphQuery.NET5.vbproj b/Data/GraphQuery/GraphQuery.NET5.vbproj
index bccf6aec22..b1e272a0d9 100644
--- a/Data/GraphQuery/GraphQuery.NET5.vbproj
+++ b/Data/GraphQuery/GraphQuery.NET5.vbproj
@@ -169,11 +169,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" Version="4.6.0-preview3.19128.7" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Queryable" Version="4.3.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="8.0.0" />
 	  <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime" Version="4.3.1" />
-	  <PackageReference Include="System.Composition" Version="6.0.0" />
+	  <PackageReference Include="System.Composition" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/EOFException.vb b/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/EOFException.vb
index 1e8d3b4962..51d155948c 100644
--- a/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/EOFException.vb
+++ b/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/EOFException.vb
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
 
 Namespace util
+
     <Serializable>
-    Friend Class EOFException
-        Inherits Exception
+    Friend Class EOFException : Inherits Exception
 
         Public Sub New()
         End Sub
@@ -69,9 +69,5 @@ Namespace util
         Public Sub New(message As String, innerException As Exception)
             MyBase.New(message, innerException)
         End Sub
-
-        Protected Sub New(info As SerializationInfo, context As StreamingContext)
-            MyBase.New(info, context)
-        End Sub
     End Class
 End Namespace
diff --git a/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/UTFDataFormatException.vb b/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/UTFDataFormatException.vb
index 84222de351..96755525aa 100644
--- a/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/UTFDataFormatException.vb
+++ b/Data_science/MachineLearning/xgboost/util/exception/UTFDataFormatException.vb
@@ -69,9 +69,5 @@ Namespace util
         Public Sub New(message As String, innerException As Exception)
             MyBase.New(message, innerException)
         End Sub
-
-        Protected Sub New(info As SerializationInfo, context As StreamingContext)
-            MyBase.New(info, context)
-        End Sub
     End Class
 End Namespace
diff --git a/Data_science/Mathematica/Math/GeneticProgramming/GeneticProgramming.vbproj b/Data_science/Mathematica/Math/GeneticProgramming/GeneticProgramming.vbproj
index 177326f1cc..524dd5afb3 100644
--- a/Data_science/Mathematica/Math/GeneticProgramming/GeneticProgramming.vbproj
+++ b/Data_science/Mathematica/Math/GeneticProgramming/GeneticProgramming.vbproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OptionInfer>On</OptionInfer>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0-windows;net8.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0-windows;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
diff --git a/vs_solutions/dev/VisualStudio/CodeSign/CodeStatistics.vb b/vs_solutions/dev/VisualStudio/CodeSign/CodeStatistics.vb
index 30d8ffbb48..ecd5e3c51e 100644
--- a/vs_solutions/dev/VisualStudio/CodeSign/CodeStatistics.vb
+++ b/vs_solutions/dev/VisualStudio/CodeSign/CodeStatistics.vb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #End Region
 
 Imports System.Text
-Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.Text
+Imports ASCII = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Text.ASCII
 
 Namespace CodeSign