diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj
index 9e932a5085b..60c4ec3de19 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Droplex" Version="1.3.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" Version="4.7.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Droplex" Version="1.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" Version="5.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream" Version="2.1.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.5.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj
index aea43506ef5..ef76fd61724 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading" Version="16.10.56" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog.Schema" Version="4.7.10" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="4.12.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="4.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="4.13.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="5.0.2" />
+    <!--ToolGood.Words.Pinyin v3.0.2.6 results in high memory usage when search with pinyin is enabled-->
+    <!--Bumping to it or higher needs to test and ensure this is no longer a problem-->
     <PackageReference Include="ToolGood.Words.Pinyin" Version="3.0.1.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj
index 664373434bf..67c76d0064d 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2019.1.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2021.2.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj
index 84c9137b792..8de0681c85f 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.14.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.16.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="nunit" Version="3.13.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.0.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.10.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.11.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
index f3885ccfdd6..529fc52a2ee 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="InputSimulator" Version="1.0.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ModernWpfUI" Version="0.9.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NHotkey.Wpf" Version="1.2.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ModernWpfUI" Version="0.9.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NHotkey.Wpf" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine" Version="5.4.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="PropertyChanged.Fody" Version="3.3.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SharpVectors" Version="1.7.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="PropertyChanged.Fody" Version="3.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SharpVectors" Version="1.7.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
index acfc79d7a83..73f00a98623 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SQLite" Version="1.0.112" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SQLite.Core" Version="1.0.112" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SQLite" Version="1.0.114.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SQLite.Core" Version="1.0.114.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="UnidecodeSharp" Version="1.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
index 159f6a7287b..d7dd507dce6 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Mages" Version="1.6.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Mages" Version="2.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
index 71c0463b5b5..8f9466794c1 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="4.7.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="5.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="tlbimp-Microsoft.Search.Interop" Version="1.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj
index 93038ab8530..62534ef98b1 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.3.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Scripts/post_build.ps1 b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
index 139880d2703..30ab36e142f 100644
--- a/Scripts/post_build.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function Pack-Squirrel-Installer ($path, $version, $output) {
     Write-Host "Input path:  $input"
     # making version static as multiple versions can exist in the nuget folder and in the case a breaking change is introduced.
     New-Alias Nuget $env:USERPROFILE\.nuget\packages\NuGet.CommandLine\5.4.0\tools\NuGet.exe -Force
-    # TODO: can we use dotnet pack here?
+    # dotnet pack is not used because ran into issues, need to test installation and starting up if to use it.
     nuget pack $spec -Version $version -BasePath $input -OutputDirectory $output -Properties Configuration=Release
 
     $nupkg = "$output\FlowLauncher.$version.nupkg"