diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/nugetSlackNotifications/packageInfo.json b/.github/workflows/scripts/nugetSlackNotifications/packageInfo.json
index ecf4ce9068..200456fd6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/nugetSlackNotifications/packageInfo.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/nugetSlackNotifications/packageInfo.json
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@
     {
         "packageName": "amazon.lambda.sqsevents"
     },
+    {
+        "packageName": "awssdk.bedrockruntime"
+    },
     {
         "packageName": "awssdk.sqs"
     },
+    {
+        "packageName": "confluent.kafka"
+    },
     {
         "packageName": "elasticsearch.net"
     },
@@ -68,6 +74,9 @@
     {
         "packageName": "nlog"
     },
+    {   
+        "packageName": "nservicebus"
+    },
     {
         "packageName": "rabbitmq.client"
     },
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/Applications/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/Applications/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly.csproj
index 5956d1d522..a54cee0a47 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/Applications/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/Applications/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly/LambdaSelfExecutingAssembly.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     
     <!-- 2.0.0 is from March 2020 -->
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.APIGatewayEvents" Version="2.0.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.APIGatewayEvents" Version="2.7.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.APIGatewayEvents" Version="2.7.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
 
     <!-- 2.0.0 is from April 2020 -->
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.ApplicationLoadBalancerEvents" Version="2.0.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'" />
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
     <!-- Non-event libraries -->
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport" Version="1.10.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.SystemTextJson" Version="2.4.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.SystemTextJson" Version="2.4.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers" Version="17.10.48">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/AwsSdkTestApp/AwsSdkTestApp.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/AwsSdkTestApp/AwsSdkTestApp.csproj
index e8e9b8b667..b6ea04f42e 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/AwsSdkTestApp/AwsSdkTestApp.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/AwsSdkTestApp/AwsSdkTestApp.csproj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.SQS" Version="3.7.301.32" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.SQS" Version="3.7.400.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="NewRelic.Agent.Api" Version="10.26.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/KafkaTestApp/KafkaTestApp.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/KafkaTestApp/KafkaTestApp.csproj
index 0eee171481..5705deb168 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/KafkaTestApp/KafkaTestApp.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerApplications/KafkaTestApp/KafkaTestApp.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.20.1" />
     
     <PackageReference Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="1.4.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.2.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.5.2" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests.csproj
index b8ef9214c3..fd0c29a81b 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests/ContainerIntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestHelpers/IntegrationTestHelpers.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestHelpers/IntegrationTestHelpers.csproj
index 9c7cc2a8a8..2f2491f31e 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestHelpers/IntegrationTestHelpers.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestHelpers/IntegrationTestHelpers.csproj
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.4.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" version="2.9.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" version="2.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.core" Version="2.8.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/BasicInstrumentation/WebApiAsyncForceNewTransactionTests.cs b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/BasicInstrumentation/WebApiAsyncForceNewTransactionTests.cs
index bc813100e6..71bcc8fdf0 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/BasicInstrumentation/WebApiAsyncForceNewTransactionTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/BasicInstrumentation/WebApiAsyncForceNewTransactionTests.cs
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ public void Test()
 
                 //There shouldn't be any OtherTransactions because no instrumentation has been applied instructing
                 //the agent to create another transaction.
-                () => Assert.Empty(metrics.Where(x => x.MetricSpec.Name.StartsWith("OtherTransaction", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))),
-
+                () => Assert.DoesNotContain(metrics, x => x.MetricSpec.Name.StartsWith("OtherTransaction", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)),
                 () => Assert.Empty(_fixture.AgentLog.GetErrorTraces()),
                 () => Assert.Empty(_fixture.AgentLog.GetErrorEvents())
             );
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj
index c265896a4b..0a4cf5b28a 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
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       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" version="2.8.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/SharedApplications/Common/MFALatestPackages/MFALatestPackages.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/SharedApplications/Common/MFALatestPackages/MFALatestPackages.csproj
index f969f512f5..415c8bdfcc 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/SharedApplications/Common/MFALatestPackages/MFALatestPackages.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/SharedApplications/Common/MFALatestPackages/MFALatestPackages.csproj
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup> <!-- retain alphabetical order please! -->
-    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.BedrockRuntime" Version="3.7.400" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.BedrockRuntime" Version="3.7.400" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.BedrockRuntime" Version="3.7.401.3" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.BedrockRuntime" Version="3.7.401.3" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
     
-    <PackageReference Include="Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch" Version="8.14.6" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch" Version="8.14.6" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch" Version="8.14.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch" Version="8.14.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
     
     <PackageReference Include="Elasticsearch.Net" Version="7.17.5" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
     <PackageReference Include="Elasticsearch.Net" Version="7.17.5" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
@@ -64,18 +64,18 @@
     
     <!-- NServiceBus v9+ only supports .NET8+, so constraint FW target to the latest 8.x version -->
     <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus" Version="8.2.2" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus" Version="9.1.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus" Version="9.1.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
     
     <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="6.8.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
     <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="6.8.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
     
     <!-- Latest version of RestSharp to test against. Relies on HttpClient instrumentation. -->
-    <PackageReference Include="RestSharp" Version="111.4.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="RestSharp" Version="111.4.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
     
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.0.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.0.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
     
-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="8.0.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="8.0.2" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
     
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481'" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
@@ -90,5 +90,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="StackExchange.Redis" Version="2.8.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
 
   </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests.csproj b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests.csproj
index 91ef2ffc3e..a9b3964625 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/IntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests/UnboundedIntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>NewRelic.Agent.UnboundedIntegrationTests</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>NewRelic.Agent.UnboundedIntegrationTests</AssemblyName>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" version="2.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.core" Version="2.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/tests/Agent/Shared/TestSerializationHelpers.Test/TestSerializationHelpers.Test.csproj b/tests/Agent/Shared/TestSerializationHelpers.Test/TestSerializationHelpers.Test.csproj
index 97f1a0ba6b..aa27ff5bbf 100644
--- a/tests/Agent/Shared/TestSerializationHelpers.Test/TestSerializationHelpers.Test.csproj
+++ b/tests/Agent/Shared/TestSerializationHelpers.Test/TestSerializationHelpers.Test.csproj
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
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       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.abstractions" Version="2.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.8.0" />
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     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.console" Version="2.8.0">
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       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
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-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" version="2.8.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" version="2.8.2">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
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