diff --git a/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.GrpcClient/Program.cs b/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.GrpcClient/Program.cs
index dc3b5fb8..0227a840 100644
--- a/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.GrpcClient/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/WireMock.Net.Console.GrpcClient/Program.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using Grpc.Net.Client;
 using Policy2;
 
 await TestPolicyAsync();
-// await TestGreeterAsync();
+await TestGreeterAsync();
 return;
 
 async Task TestGreeterAsync()
diff --git a/examples/WireMock.Net.Service/Program.cs b/examples/WireMock.Net.Service/Program.cs
index 87e624c3..92c82040 100644
--- a/examples/WireMock.Net.Service/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/WireMock.Net.Service/Program.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Wiremock.Net.Service
         }
         #endregion
 
-        private static WireMockServer _server;
+        private static WireMockServer _server = null!;
 
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ namespace Wiremock.Net.Service
             // running as service
             if (!Environment.UserInteractive)
             {
-                using (var service = new Service())
-                {
-                    ServiceBase.Run(service);
-                }
+                using var service = new Service();
+                ServiceBase.Run(service);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Wiremock.Net.Service
         {
             _server = WireMockServer.Start(new WireMockServerSettings
             {
-                Urls = new[] { "http://*:9091/" },
+                Urls = [ "http://*:9091/" ],
                 StartAdminInterface = true,
                 ReadStaticMappings = true,
                 Logger = new WireMockLog4NetLogger()
diff --git a/examples/WireMockAzureQueueExample/WireMockAzureQueueExample.csproj b/examples/WireMockAzureQueueExample/WireMockAzureQueueExample.csproj
index e3050ada..e439977f 100644
--- a/examples/WireMockAzureQueueExample/WireMockAzureQueueExample.csproj
+++ b/examples/WireMockAzureQueueExample/WireMockAzureQueueExample.csproj
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <AzureFunctionsVersion>v4</AzureFunctionsVersion>
         <UserSecretsId>bb7d8355-68c4-4f81-8c2d-6cdd80cd7602</UserSecretsId>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.14.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Files.Shares" Version="12.12.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Queues" Version="12.12.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage" Version="4.0.5" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Azure" Version="1.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="6.0.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions" Version="4.1.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.27.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Files.Shares" Version="12.25.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Queues" Version="12.25.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage" Version="5.3.7" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Azure" Version="1.13.1" />
+        <!--<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="8.0.1" />-->
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions" Version="4.6.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
         <None Update="host.json">
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Matchers/JSONPathMatcher.cs b/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Matchers/JSONPathMatcher.cs
index e524473f..b6e2488e 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Matchers/JSONPathMatcher.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Matchers/JSONPathMatcher.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class JsonPathMatcher : IStringMatcher, IObjectMatcher
         {
             try
             {
-                var jToken = JToken.Parse(input);
+                var jToken = JToken.Parse(input!);
                 score = IsMatch(jToken);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Serialization/MappingFileNameSanitizer.cs b/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Serialization/MappingFileNameSanitizer.cs
index f062daa7..ad9b3033 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Serialization/MappingFileNameSanitizer.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Serialization/MappingFileNameSanitizer.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ internal class MappingFileNameSanitizer
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_settings.ProxyAndRecordSettings?.PrefixForSavedMappingFile))
         {
-            name = $"{_settings.ProxyAndRecordSettings.PrefixForSavedMappingFile}{ReplaceChar}{name}";
+            name = $"{_settings.ProxyAndRecordSettings!.PrefixForSavedMappingFile}{ReplaceChar}{name}";
         }
         return $"{Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars().Aggregate(name, (current, c) => current.Replace(c, ReplaceChar))}.json";
     }
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/WireMock.Net.Minimal.csproj b/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/WireMock.Net.Minimal.csproj
index c0bfcadc..a7ed8c87 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/WireMock.Net.Minimal.csproj
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/WireMock.Net.Minimal.csproj
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="JmesPath.Net.SourceOnly" Version="1.0.330-20260228.1" />
-        <!--<PackageReference Include="JmesPath.Net" Version="1.0.330" />-->
+        <PackageReference Include="JmesPath.Net" Version="1.1.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="NJsonSchema.Extensions" Version="0.2.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="NSwag.Core" Version="13.16.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="SimMetrics.Net" Version="1.0.5" />