diff --git a/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/Fluentd.cs b/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/Fluentd.cs
index bdb56fc..0355ebf 100644
--- a/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/Fluentd.cs
+++ b/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/Fluentd.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ protected void UnpackTo(Unpacker unpacker, IList<object> array, long arrayLength
             }
         }
 
-        public void UnpackTo(Unpacker unpacker, IDictionary<string, object> collection)
+        public new void UnpackTo(Unpacker unpacker, IDictionary<string, object> collection)
         {
             long mapLength;
             if (!unpacker.ReadMapLength(out mapLength))
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ protected override IDictionary<string, object> UnpackFromCore(Unpacker unpacker)
             return retval;
         }
 
-        public void UnpackTo(Unpacker unpacker, object collection)
+        public new void UnpackTo(Unpacker unpacker, object collection)
         {
             var dictionary = collection as IDictionary<string, object>;
             if (dictionary == null)
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ protected void EnsureConnected()
 
         private void ConnectClient()
         {
+            NLog.Common.InternalLogger.Debug("Fluentd Connecting to {0}:{1}", this.Host, this.Port);
             this.client.Connect(this.Host, this.Port);
             this.stream = this.client.GetStream();
             this.emitter = new FluentdEmitter(this.stream);
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ protected override void Write(LogEventInfo logEvent)
                 }
                 record.Add("stacktrace", transcodedFrames);
             }
-            if (this.IncludeAllProperties && logEvent.Properties.Count > 0)
+            if (this.IncludeAllProperties && logEvent.HasProperties)
             {
                 foreach (var property in logEvent.Properties)
                 {
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ protected override void Write(LogEventInfo logEvent)
 
         private static object SerializePropertyValue(string propertyKey, object propertyValue)
         {
-            if (propertyValue == null || Convert.GetTypeCode(propertyValue) != TypeCode.Object || propertyValue is decimal)
+            if (propertyValue == null || Convert.GetTypeCode(propertyValue) != TypeCode.Object)
             {
                 return propertyValue;   // immutable
             }
diff --git a/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/NLog.Targets.Fluentd.csproj b/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/NLog.Targets.Fluentd.csproj
index 1ad2a36..0f81abf 100644
--- a/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/NLog.Targets.Fluentd.csproj
+++ b/src/NLog.Targets.Fluentd/NLog.Targets.Fluentd.csproj
@@ -22,18 +22,14 @@
     <DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>true</DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.5.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MsgPack.Cli" Version="1.0.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'netstandard2.0' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="MsgPack.Cli" Version="0.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="2.1.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="MsgPack.Cli" Version="0.9.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.5.0-rc03" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-
 </Project>