diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e882854..621e8d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
 /handlenett-backend/serverless/HttpTriggerTest/Properties/serviceDependencies.local.json
 /handlenett-backend/serverless/functions/Properties/ServiceDependencies/local
 /handlenett-backend/serverless/functions/Properties/serviceDependencies.local.json
+/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/bin/Debug/net9.0
+/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/bin/Release/net9.0
diff --git a/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/Dockerfile b/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/Dockerfile
index ddca43e..12c7121 100644
--- a/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/Dockerfile
+++ b/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # See https://aka.ms/customizecontainer to learn how to customize your debug container and how Visual Studio uses this Dockerfile to build your images for faster debugging.
 
 # This stage is used when running from VS in fast mode (Default for Debug configuration)
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0 AS base
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9.0 AS base
 USER app
 WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 8080
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ EXPOSE 8081
 
 
 # This stage is used to build the service project
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0 AS build
 ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY ["HandlenettAPI.csproj", "."]
diff --git a/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/HandlenettAPI.csproj b/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/HandlenettAPI.csproj
index 047f6df..0c53007 100644
--- a/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/HandlenettAPI.csproj
+++ b/handlenett-backend/web-api/HandlenettAPI/HandlenettAPI.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <UserSecretsId>aspnet-HandlenettAPI-39efbd44-be77-4d08-b4db-ce68e6249316</UserSecretsId>
@@ -12,26 +12,26 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Extensions.AspNetCore.Configuration.Secrets" Version="1.3.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.13.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.22.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="8.0.10" NoWarn="NU1605" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="8.0.10" NoWarn="NU1605" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="3.44.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.13.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.23.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="9.0.0" NoWarn="NU1605" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="9.0.0" NoWarn="NU1605" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="3.45.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.DocumentDB.Core" Version="2.22.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.10" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.10" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.10">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="9.0.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web" Version="3.2.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web.DownstreamApi" Version="3.2.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web.MicrosoftGraph" Version="3.2.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web.UI" Version="3.2.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web" Version="3.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web.DownstreamApi" Version="3.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web.MicrosoftGraph" Version="3.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web.UI" Version="3.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.21.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="StackExchange.Redis" Version="2.8.16" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
   </ItemGroup>