diff --git a/Source/BNetServer/BNetServer.csproj b/Source/BNetServer/BNetServer.csproj
index 7251aff57..8cedbf1f7 100644
--- a/Source/BNetServer/BNetServer.csproj
+++ b/Source/BNetServer/BNetServer.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <StartupObject>BNetServer.Server</StartupObject>
     <ApplicationIcon>Red.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Framework\Framework.csproj" />
diff --git a/Source/Framework/Cryptography/Ed25519/CryptoBytes.cs b/Source/Framework/Cryptography/Ed25519/CryptoBytes.cs
index d55477571..e02c7f698 100644
--- a/Source/Framework/Cryptography/Ed25519/CryptoBytes.cs
+++ b/Source/Framework/Cryptography/Ed25519/CryptoBytes.cs
@@ -262,10 +262,7 @@ namespace Framework.Cryptography.Ed25519
             // Leading zero bytes get encoded as leading `1` characters
             int leadingZeroCount = input.TakeWhile(c => c == '1').Count();
             var leadingZeros = Enumerable.Repeat((byte)0, leadingZeroCount);
-            var bytesWithoutLeadingZeros =
-                intData.ToByteArray()
-                .Reverse()// to big endian
-                .SkipWhile(b => b == 0);//strip sign byte
+            var bytesWithoutLeadingZeros = intData.ToByteArray(true, true);
             var result = leadingZeros.Concat(bytesWithoutLeadingZeros).ToArray();
             return result;
         }
diff --git a/Source/Framework/Framework.csproj b/Source/Framework/Framework.csproj
index 5ab19a5e7..17460f660 100644
--- a/Source/Framework/Framework.csproj
+++ b/Source/Framework/Framework.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <Import Project="..\..\default.props" />
 <PropertyGroup>
   <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+  <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
 </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/Framework/IO/Zlib/compress.cs b/Source/Framework/IO/Zlib/compress.cs
index e5242802a..fcc8461da 100644
--- a/Source/Framework/IO/Zlib/compress.cs
+++ b/Source/Framework/IO/Zlib/compress.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ namespace Framework.IO
                 deflateStream.Flush();
             }
             buffer.WriteBytes(ms.ToArray());
-            buffer.WriteBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(adler32).Reverse().ToArray());
+            var adlerBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(adler32);
+            adlerBytes.Reverse();
+            buffer.WriteBytes(adlerBytes);
 
             return buffer.GetData();
         }
diff --git a/Source/Framework/Util/Extensions.cs b/Source/Framework/Util/Extensions.cs
index 74733f5b8..d977c12ab 100644
--- a/Source/Framework/Util/Extensions.cs
+++ b/Source/Framework/Util/Extensions.cs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ namespace System
         public static string ToHexString(this byte[] byteArray, bool reverse = false)
         {
             if (reverse)
-                return byteArray.Reverse().Aggregate("", (current, b) => current + b.ToString("X2"));
-            else
-                return byteArray.Aggregate("", (current, b) => current + b.ToString("X2"));
+                byteArray.Reverse();
+            
+            return byteArray.Aggregate("", (current, b) => current + b.ToString("X2"));
         }
 
         public static byte[] ToByteArray(this string str, bool reverse = false)
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ namespace System
                 string temp = String.Concat(str[i * 2], str[i * 2 + 1]);
                 res[i] = Convert.ToByte(temp, 16);
             }
-            return reverse ? res.Reverse().ToArray() : res;
+            if (reverse)
+                res.Reverse();
+
+            return res;
         }
 
         public static byte[] ToByteArray(this string value, char separator)
diff --git a/Source/Game/Chat/Commands/DebugCommands.cs b/Source/Game/Chat/Commands/DebugCommands.cs
index 5f62ac050..83989a242 100644
--- a/Source/Game/Chat/Commands/DebugCommands.cs
+++ b/Source/Game/Chat/Commands/DebugCommands.cs
@@ -1449,4 +1449,4 @@ namespace Game.Chat
             handler.SendSysMessage($"Map Id: {map.GetId()} Name: '{map.GetMapName()}' Instance Id: {map.GetInstanceId()} Highest Guid Creature: {map.GetMaxLowGuid(HighGuid.Creature)} GameObject: {map.GetMaxLowGuid(HighGuid.GameObject)}");
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Game/Game.csproj b/Source/Game/Game.csproj
index 13ee1f3a1..518fe8564 100644
--- a/Source/Game/Game.csproj
+++ b/Source/Game/Game.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <Import Project="..\..\default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/WorldServer/WorldServer.csproj b/Source/WorldServer/WorldServer.csproj
index 4a415b7c2..24b7a9e83 100644
--- a/Source/WorldServer/WorldServer.csproj
+++ b/Source/WorldServer/WorldServer.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <ApplicationIcon>Blue.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <StartupObject>WorldServer.Server</StartupObject>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/default.props b/default.props
index 6406ab111..b8f4e01a9 100644
--- a/default.props
+++ b/default.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputPath>../../Build/$(Configuration)/$(Platform)</OutputPath>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>False</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>False</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>False</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>